Chapter 26: Undercurrents

/During the peaceful year, Genosha Island/

"Victor, soon you'll be able to fight James again just be patient. Let our foes and adversaries let down their guard due to these peaceful times. Then we'll strike when they least expect it," a young brown-haired man says he looked like the Magneto from the newer X-men movies namely Apocalypse and the Phoenix one. Behind him stood a slightly short man with a stocky but flexible build with a predatory smile on his face, he had large canines a scruffy jaw and barely any hair on his head.

He looked like Victor Creed from the Wolverine origins movie. To the left of Victor also known as Sabertooth stood a red-haired woman with blue skin whom looked naked, the only thing denying that fact the scale like pattern on her skin. Raven Darkholme was her name although she also went by Mystique.

"Eric, you went missing years ago and the moment you come back you're decades younger and antagonize Charles, what's going on this isn't like you," she says with worry. The seated mans facial features immediately shifts from a wry smile to a scowl.

"Eric Lensherr is dead so is Max Eisenhardt as I've told you already, call me Max, Max Lensherr. Now that's out of the way summon the brotherhood we have more important things to focus on." Raven frowns at Max before going to complete his instructions.

/Location Unknown, (Romulus POV)/

I look at the young man in front of me, the perfect weapon he is not but he will be soon. Howlett might not want to be under me anymore but I've already gotten what I need from him. Not to mention that I can turn him savage when ever I need to, close to fifty years of captivity and experiments is enough to programme what I deemed necessary into his mind even if that adamantium skull prevented me from doing anything more after his escape.

The young man was significantly taller than his father and had dark black hair, his skin also held a tan. In all honesty I believed that aside from his powers and savage disposition he got most of his features from his mother. He shaved his head into a mohawk and had a tattoo on his arm, his claws were out as well.

One at the bottom of his wrists and the other two between his knuckles just like his 'sister' x-23. Thinking about that little runt I smirk again causing the runt in front of me to shiver slightly. I chuckle, Howlett and that weird thing, that inhuman being might have prevented her from becoming a perfect tool but we have more than one after all my sinister friend did make a couple spares.

"Daken, do you want to be able to kill the Wolverine?" I ask knowing the answer before he even responds. I raised the boy after all, I raised him to hate his father and everything related to him, I raised him to be the tool that Logan as he calls himself refused to become. He will help me usher in a new age and when he passes this final test, he'll become the general in charge of my new race of homo-lupus, the Lupine.

He nods with a slight growl; my smile widens at that. I then bring out a set of katanas, I never bothered to learn why but I did know that Japanese blacksmiths always made katanas in a minimum set of two and these blades are Muramasa blades Howlett no Logan made during his days as a ronin in Japan under the tutelage of Muramasa himself. The steel containing his blood and bones from his claws, before the adamantium operation obviously.

I also pull out a vial of orange liquid, this I got from my sinister friend. He got it from a certain Mr. Dread in exchange for his services. This liquid energy would prevent blood poisoning from the metal that will now become a part of his bones. I kept it just for him, x-23 and her clones don't matter as much in the grand scheme of things.

Logan doesn't know their mother and unlike Daken the sight of them wouldn't be as impactful considering how I butchered his mother before Logan reached the scene. "Well then follow me, we have to give you some new bones before you're ready," I order the runt. Reaching the lab, I dump the two katanas into the boiling vat of one seventh anti-metal and six seventh vibranium before I pour in the orangish liquid.

"Strap him in," I tell one of the scientists indifferently, he quickly complies with my order trembling the whole way. I chuckle before I look at those in the room, "If you make a single mistake, I'll feed you to my wolves." They shiver and I laugh, the katanas completely melting into the pot while the metal slurry starts to glow orange casting its glow on my face.

I laugh even harder ignoring the fact that I look like a madman, I'm immortal anyways so being mad wouldn't bother me much and soon I'll have the perfect weapon. My facial features return to my usual grim smirk and I run my hand through my hair pushing my grey locks back as I look at the young man strapped into the chamber.

I watch as the scientists make sure the new alloy is balanced and stable, adding more vibranium and some of the minimal amounts of adamantium left before they apply anesthesia to the runt and have the needles inject the alloy into his bone marrow and bones in simple terms.

/A Sinister POV/

I watch the feed of the boy; Akihiro being put through a more perfected version of the procedure James Howlett went through. I smile the light catching on my pearly whites and reflecting of the glass. I'm sure I and my other clones are watching this scene too. The boy screamed.

When Romulus attacked Itsu, he didn't realise he was attacking a clone. I later switched the baby with the real Akihiro when the early born child if you can consider it being early born developed complications, I intentionally built into it so that he would come to me for help.

I put Itsu on ice later with the memories of the clones last moments implanted into her mind. A way to keep James busy while also leaving me a way out just in case he finds my involvement in Romulus' plans, Steel saving her from the lab doesn't affect my plans much. In fact, it helps me greatly since all evidence points to Romulus. My gaze shifts to another tube with a blond man similar in look to wolverine in it. A flash of orang draws my gaze again. 

The orange colour is a dye and a light bulb built into the vat, the liquid energy I gave him wasn't from Dread. I want a weapon to use against Apocalypse not a savage beast who can't think clearly. It's something new I got after tampering with what I got from dread and cosmic energy. I'm glad I did that experiment now after all I can bring the phoenix project ahead. I pull up information about a clone I'm making, 'Madeline Prior' the identity it would hold.

All that's left is having her or Jean Grey have a child with one of the Summers, Emma Frost works too although Jean is preferable. This child would be my backup in case Akihiro fails. Not only that, I pull up another page 'Eric Lensherr' was there frozen in ice, has been there since the missile launch on Sekovia by HYDRA.

I was surprised when the clone Max Lensherr caused Xavier to shift his mind to a younger body. But then again, no one knows I have the real Eric on ice just waiting for the right moment to use him injecting the new energy concoction within him as well. I also had his youngest child, Lorna in another facility with the clones of Emma all with a similar injection schedule.

If Akihiro fails, I'm still ready to take out Apocalypse whenever he shows, it does not matter who becomes my enemy and how many clones die. Apocalypse shall die and then I'll move on to other less pressing threats like John Sublime. My smile grows wider as Akihiro's screams grow louder, soon I'll be ready to get my revenge and Apocalypse shall bow before Sinister.

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Rewrote pretty much all the chapters. Hope it makes everything an easier read. Now i can't decide on who to make the big bad for the next volume. definitely not Makino, Apocalypse, Darkseid or Thanos.

I also don't want to shift the story from Jake otherwise I would focus on space for it. I'm up for ideas, and for the record i'm leaning towards HYDRA or John Sublime.

Need a new name for mutants that isn't meta humans since that gets to be overused a lot.

I'm also planning to rewatch Max Steel and the animated guardians of the galaxy