Chapter 94 - Trail Of Beyonder

UNIVERSE 791

"You freed them! This is an outrageous, Tracker one that shall not go unpunished!" Beyonder shouted at him and killed him.

"Malevolence," Protege said, looking towards Malevolence.

"Be silent child... and observe!" Malevolence replied. And Protege finally focused on the Beyonder and started copying his power.

"Well done my kid, good work," Mephisto shouted while seeing that Protege was now able to keep on the Beyonder.

"There is no level you can achieve that I cannot match! Such is the power of the PROTEGE!" Protege shouted while fighting with the Beyonder.

"Let us see if you can keep up with me, insolent pup!" Beyonder replied back while fighting with the Protege.

Just then, in a place only attainable to cosmic deities, the voice of the Living Tribunal is heard, "ETERNITY, I TOLD YOU THE BOY WAS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY!" He shouted at the Eternity while looking at the Protege, who have copied the Beyonder's powers.

One Beyonder is already harmful to the Multiverse, now the second one has come. It all thanks to Sharky Tennyson, who was continuously reversing all of the effects of Beyonder, or even the Living Tribunal didn't know what to do about it.

"Acknowledged! However, there are forces at work that I could not anticipate! Perhaps we need to contact-them!" Eternity accepted his fault.

"THAT IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. HOW HEALS YOUR INJURY?" Beyonder asked Eternity.

"Your concern does me honor, Tribunal. The wound is- closing slowly!" Eternity replied.

"FOR I MUST TURN MY FULL ATTENTION TO THE BOY!" The Living Tribunal said, as he continued his focus on the Beyonder and Protege through the holographic display.

"The Beyonder continues to escalate his conflict with the Protege; the child's assimilation of infinite omnipotence is fast approaching! My recent encounter with Bubonicus and Phoenix taught me the meaning of pain! now i begin to comprehend... fear!" Eternity replied as he also focused on the fight between the Beyonder and Protege.

"Keep going, Beyonder! In all my years of observing and duplicating power displays, this is the ultimate lesson!" Protege said while fighting with Beyonder, his size has also increased.

"Father, the wretched brat's capability is increasing geometrically! Can we ever hope to contain and control him now?" Malevolence asked Mephisto.

"Of course! Only when the power is absolute will it corrupt absolutely! Be patient a while longer, my dear!" Mephisto replied to Malevolence, Beyonder then remembered about the Guardians of Galaxy and went to ask them for help.

"Did you see that, Malevolence? He turned tail and ran! I scared off the Beyonder!" Protege said to Malevolence.

"Hmmm, Perhaps," Malevolence replied.

"Perhaps?! Choose your words very carefully, matriarch! I could blink you out of existence! Now tell me again what you saw!" Protege became angry at Malevolence.

"We both observed your glorious triumph over the hostile captor from beyond! Forgive her, Protege! She was struck dumb by your magnificence... As was I!" Mephisto answered in place of the Malevolence.

"Yes, that's right," Protege proudly nodded.

Seeing the results of their battle, the Living Tribunal has reached a final decision and he invites entities such as Chaos and Order, the Gardener, Eon, the Celestials, and the In-Betweener, and of course Sharky Tennyson also comes there. Which was new for the other beings, but the Living Tribunal introduced him to other beings.

Meanwhile, Protege was happily celebrating his victory, "Boy oh boy! I ran the beyonder out of his own backyard! This Universe now belongs to me! With all my newly acquired power I can reshape it any way I like!"

"As you predicted, father, the child was intoxicated by his sudden omnipotence!" Malevolence said to Mephisto.

"Indeed! The time has come to press our advantage!" Mephisto nodded.

"Malevolence! You and your father will accompany me on a tour of this new-found reality," Protege ordered them.

"My lord Protege, would it not be more prudent to first establish order?" Mephisto tried to manipulate him.

"You mean let everything and everyone know there's a new man in charge?" Protege asked.

"Precisely your grace? Power such as yours must be wielded Carefully... Perhaps even shared," Mephisto answered.

"These treacherous invaders are trying to control my powers, my overconfidence allowed the Protege to observe and duplicate many of my abilities but not all of them! And this demonic Mephisto that tempts him, and is trying to take my powers!" Beyonder thought, as he was hearing all of their talk by hiding.

"I must defeat and take back my powers, before it is too late! Perhaps I need... assistance! The one called Vance Astro whom I previously encountered. I shall bring them here at once!" He made decision and using his powers, he teleported the Guardian of Galaxy towards himself, who were just defeated the Dr. Doom also failed his plan to take over the Wolverine Adamantium's Skeleton.

But suddenly they found themselves transported in front of the Mephisto, Malevolence and Protege.

"Gorgon's hoofprints!" Talon shouted, as he didn't understand what happened just now.

"Chunky where are we?" Nikki asked.

"I don't know, Nikki! are you still with us, Rita?" Charlie 27 replied.

"In my own small way!" Rita replied.

"Vance! What treachery is this?" Starhawk asked.

"Your guess is as good as mine, Aleta!" Vance replied.

"Heads up, boys and girls! My sorcery sources tell me we're far from home!" Talon replied, but they didn't know where they were transported.

"By the ankh! It's the Guardians Of The Galaxy!" Protege said.

"Father! Those are the accursed heroes who prematurely woke me from my soul sleep!" Malevolence explained.

"I know, daughter! Their leader has been working with the Beyonder from the beginning of your captivity! Step forward, Vance Astro!" Mephisto nodded, then he shouted at Vance.

"Who are you? How do you know my name?"

"I have observed you with the enemy! Your black undergarment bears witness to your conspiracy and at this close proximity I sense... something more," Mephisto said, and suddenly Beyonder appeared there.

"I am-the Beyonder! I needed you Guardians Of The Galaxy to help repel these villains," Beyonder explained.

"Look at the size of him!" Charlie 27 said, as the Beyonder size was big, but at the same time, Protege size also grew the same as the Beyonder.

"You know this guy, Vance," Nikki asked.

"Major Victory! You warned me to beware the boy and in my haughtiness, I ignored you! Even a God can admit error and learn… Just as the Protege is about to learn a much needed lesson in respect!" Beyonder accepted his mistake.

"Ha! You bring me here like a caged zoo specimen and dare to talk about respect? The game is over, Beyonder! Henceforth, I will kill you," Protege said to Beyonder.

"Blasphemous Youth! You have not begun to assimilate the full extent of true cosmic power, child!" Beyonder shouted at the Protege.

"Show me what you ve got aged one! I'll match it and then some!" Protege mocked him.

"Suddenly, the two towering figures vanish into an intra-dimensional confluence unlike anything ever seen in this or any other reality… And with the Mephisto, Malevolence and Guardian of Galaxy also Vanished.

"Talon! Where are we going again?" Vance asked. "I don't know, today was just our bad luck!" Nikki replied.

"What kind of trick was that?" Protege asked Beyonder.

"It was not my doing!" Beyonder replied, then he noticed, Guardians Of The Galaxy also comes with them.

"Beyonder! I demand to know where we are and what happened to–" Aleta asked.

"Silence, Alita! Mere mortals make no demands where the cosmic ones dwell…" Beyonder shouted.

"Indeed! You all need to be silent... Lest you incur the wrath of yon Celestial, Scathan The Approver!" Eternity said, as he looked towards them.

"YOUR DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOR HAS BROUGHT YOU BEFORE THE LIVING TRIBUNAL! JUDGMENT IS UPON YOU BOTH TO THAT END HE SHALL BEAR WITNESS! SO BE IT!"

"Who is this guy talking about," Protege asked Beyonder.

"Show some semblance of decorum, youngster!" Beyonder replied back, then they noticed they were standing in the hands of a Celestial.

"We Stand On A Celestial," Protege said, Beyonder nodded.

"ETERNITY- INTRODUCED THE ACCUSED" The Living Tribunal commands the Eternity.

"Beyonder, Protege, Mephisto and Guardian of The Galaxy, you stand in the presence of a Celestial Scanthan the Approver, The Living Tribunal, myself, the Hawk God, Chaos and Order, Eon, Death, Uatu, the Gardener, the In-Betweener! Prepare to have your sentence passed and witnessed!" Eternity explained the reason for their summons as he introduced everyone.

"Hahahaha, I have defeated all of you once, I can defeat you again," Beyonder laughed, as he turned towards the Protege, "Child, cosmic politics makes strange bedfellows! Let us set aside our quarrel! Use your unique ability to mimic power displays and follow my lead!" Beyonder quickly changed his stance towards the Protege.

"No teacher ever had such a student! Proceed!" Protege nodded.

"Internal geometric expansion will ensure your power levels accelerate with your physical growth!" Beyonder commands and Protege follows, both have grown the same size as Eternity and started beating him.

"You're not so tough when the odds even up! Just like a bully!" Protege mocked while beating the Eternity.

"Eternity pauses. And in doing so, it is destroyed!" Beyonder attacked Eternity and sametime Protege also attacked Eternity. "Let it all out, Beyonder! I'm a nanosecond behind you!"

Eternity was destroyed, but before they became happy and celebrated their victory, everything was returned back.

"What the-? Everything reverted back as if nothing happened!" Protege asked in shock.

While Guardians of The Galaxy and Malevolence were shocked to see everything. Mephisto was not shocked, maybe it is the first time he has met with them. But he knows about them already, since he was the king of Hell.

Beyonder has a deja vu, when he found, everything returned back, he understands, only one person has done this in front of him.

And the answers revealed in front of, when the abstract entities give a side, and a throne appeared from the behind of them.

"You, you again appeared here, this time, I didn't destroy any world, or not enslave any people, so why did you appear in front of me," Beyonder shouted at Sharky.

"Hahaha, you puny Beyonder is afraid of this guy," Protege laughed at the Beyonder, then he looked towards Sharky, "Who are you?"

"It's no matter who I am, but your selfishness is disturbed the natural order, or you even tried to kill Eternity, so you will be granted the punishment. So, silently accept your punishment," Sharky said to Protege.

"Liar! You're all afraid of me and what I can do as my power escalates, it invariably frightens the next level of the hierarchy! acknowledge my superiority and I may spare you! but make no mistake. I am the most powerful being there ever was! I will surpass you all and move up!" Protege replied with an arrogant tone.

"Haha, so you can mimic power, and after mimicking Beyonder, you think you can mimic everyone, then why not try me," Sharky said, as he binds the both hand and leg of the Protege using his Anodite's power.

"Observe Protege... observe, and copy the power of Sharky," Beyonder said to Protege.

"Silence, Beyonder! You didn't need to explain my work! I am already concentrating on duplicating the power displays I have observed thus far!" Protege silenced the Beyonder while he focused on Sharky's powers. But after some time, he didn't understand what power was.

"So, you have found it, or you need more time," Sharky asked, while looking at Protege.

Meanwhile Guardian Of The Galaxy were talking in between themselves quietly. "Vance, you know about this guy, who was sitting on the magical throne," Nikki asked.

"How can I know about him?" Vance replied back.

"She is asking because you already know about the Beyonder," Aleta replied.

Vance became silent, and didn't know how to reply to them. "But all of the other cosmic beings know about him," Charlie 27 said.

"Yes, and the Beyonder guys all recognised him, and he also feared him," Talon nodded.

"What are you? Why can't I copy your power?" Protege asked, as he wasn't able to copy Sharky.

"There is something in the Universe you can't able to copy it, and from it also comes the Anodite species, even if somewhere born Anodite, their is not a guarantee they can awakened the Anodite ability, so you are just a ant in front of us, now it's comes to the judgment times," Sharky explained as he was going to gives his decision.

"SCATHAN THE APPROVER COMES ONLY TO OBSERVE AND RECORD MY JUDGMENT UPON YOU BOTH! FOR DARING TO THREATEN THE FUNDAMENTAL BALANCE OF THE MULTIVERSE! FINAL JUDGMENT SHALL COMMERCE," Sharky shouted, as he activated the power of Alien X.

"YOUR ACTIONS AND INTENTIONS ARE INEXCUSABLE! POWER IS MEANINGLESS BEYOND THIS LEVEL OF EXISTENCE!" Sharky shouted, and all of the powers of Protege vanished.

"No! I want to be powerful! The power is meant to be mine! All mine!" Protege cried, but his all powers vanished.

"SELFISH DESIRE FEEDS UPON ITSELF AND IS A CONSUMED CHILD! JUST AS YOU SHALL BE NOW!" Sharky said, and then Protege was erased from existence.

Then he looked towards the Beyonder, "YOU WILL NEVER LEARN THE LESSON, SO AGAIN, YOU WILL ALSO BE GONE," With Sharky commands again Beyonder destroyed, but Sharky knew, he will again revive.

Then Sharky finally turned towards the 31st Century Guardian of The Galaxy. "You need to return from the time you come," He waved his hand, and the Guardian of the Galaxy returned back to their own timeline.

Then Sharky turned towards the Living Tribunal, "We have already destroyed the Beyonder, but he will again revive, and again do some extra dangerous things, how will we kill him once and for all," He asked the Living Tribunal.

The Living Tribunal nodded, he also didn't understand how to solve this problem, "Well, you keep focusing on him, I will find out about his history or I need to ask the One-Above-All," He decided to find everything about the Beyonder.

With it, Sharky goes on the Universe, where Beyonder is revived again. While the Living Tribunal goes searching for the history of Beyonder. Rest of the abstract entities also went their own way.

UNIVERSE 621

Meanwhile, the Beyonder again revived, this time he was in the Universe 621, and he revived nearby the mutants, because of this reason, Xavier quickly understands, some powerful beings have appeared on their planets.

He quickly warned the Avengers, Fantastic Four or any of the heroes group was there, and all of them started searching, what is the cause of such stronger powers disturbance.

But before he informed the X-Men, some humans had planted bombs in their mansion. Rachel found out the culprit, but before she killed them, Magneto stopped her.

"Magneto. I may never forgive you for this," Rachel said to Magneto, she looked outside, and left after informing them, "We've attracted a lot of attention-, cops and the fire department are on their way. the X-Men shouldn't be here when they arrive."

But unknown to them, Beyonder witnessed everything, "This Magneto possesses power enough to reshape this orb, yet he chooses not to use it, though his very existence is threatened. He prevented Rachel from using her power to accomplish what she desired. Yet she does not act against him. it is most puzzling…" He was thinking about the X-Men behavior.

"These X-men, especially the one called 'Rachel' are among the most puzzling conundrums. As I have observed before, the only way to fully explore and comprehend the myriad facets of humanity is to experience them first-hand. To know what is human, I must truly become human!" Beyonder thought, as he decided to become human to experience how to feel like humans.

Meanwhile, after the humans problem was solved, Professor X focused on locating the massive energy signature, and he was able to find it, and he even able to connect the communication through the telepathy, but is was allowed by the Beyonder himself.

"Who are you?" Professor X asked Beyonder through the telepathic link.

"I am from Beyond, and I am learning how to feel like a human," Beyonder replied.

Professor X thought for some time, he hesitated first but still ordered Beyonder to leave the Earth.

"Why?" Beyonder asked. So he tried to make the Beyonder understand that his very existence was an upset to the natural order of things, explained his origin to him, and requested that he abandon the Universe, at once.

"But I'm part of the universe's natural order. The universe created me just as it created you," Beyonder gave his reason. Professor X tried more, but Beyonder cut the telepathic communication.

"X-Men, the Beyonder... He… He's somewhere in the western United States! Moira, you must take these students to Westchester at once! Rendezvous with the X-Men and Magneto there! hurry!" Charles commands his X-Men, he continued, "I'll try to reach others who will understand and help!"

"No! You mustn't use your telepathic powers! Remember your injury, man!" Jean tried to calm him, since he was recently injured in an accident.

"Are we going to America to fight... the Beyonder? But who's the Beyonder?" Rachel asked.

"I've got to reach.. whomever I can... uhhh!" Charles explained to them about Beyonder, as continuously trying to reach the others.

"Charles please... you're not up to this strain!" Storm also tried to calm him down, but still he didn't hear them, and used his powers, but he fainted, while the X-Men went on their mission to search for the Beyonder.

"But if this Beyonder guy could be anywhere in the western United States, I'll never be able to locate him!" Magneto said, X-Men has located Magneto and now they are going together. Magneto has used his powers to fly the car, so they quickly found the Beyonder.

"Keep trying, Rachel! Xavier sensed his presence from half a world away! So you can sense him easily, since we are nears him," Magneto informed Rachel.

"Yes, I am trying," Rachel replied, then suddenly, she felt, "Wait, I sense… A presence! Enormous power-!"

"Where, child?"

"It's... in the air! Nearly high.. straight ahead… Moving quickly ..away from us!" Rachel found it, and the X-Men went towards her pointed location.

But even after reaching the location, they were still not able to find the Beyonder. Everyone's eyes were working to find any person who looked different.

"I'm having trouble sensing anything! Something is causing some kind of psionic interference!" Rachel replied, as she continuously focused on sensing the Beyonder. "This is... weird! I feel... an incredibly awesomely powerful presence! No wonder psionic transmissions are being disrupted! It's right... here!" Rachel said as she collided with a person.

"Rachel, who's that?" Magneto asked her.

"Where'd he come from?" Bobby asked.

"He has been here all along but in some kind of invisible energy form! When he realized that I knew he was here he manifested in physical form! I think he's the Beyonder!" Rachel explained.

"Why is he looking at Magik that way?" Kitty asked.

"It's as though he's seeing through me, or right into my soul!" Illyana replied, but before they did anything more, Beyonder caught Illyana.

"Hey! What are you doing to me?" Illyana asked, but Beyonder did not reply to her, but his hand passed inside her body.

Reaching inside to the core of Illyana rasputin's Beyonder draws forth the demonic essence which she has always kept hidden and fought with all of her strength to deny, but which is clearly apparent to him! Helpless to resist. Illyana becomes the Darkchilde!

On the brink of madness, awash with utter horror, Illyana does the only thing she can do! She flees! Summoning a stepping disk, one of the Magik at her command, she crosses into a Limbo place beyond time and space, taking all nearby with her!

"Beyonder! What have you done with us, scum! Answer me!" Wolverine shouted as he ran towards Beyonder. But they appear in different places all together, causing Wolverine to hit Magneto instead of the Beyonder.

"Wolverine! What are you doing? Wait!" Magneto shouted, as using his power he threw back the Wolverine.

"She's still dazed! She isn't thinking clearly! She's teleporting us away!" Lila explained to Wolverine, as everyone was looking towards Illyana, who is now standing in Darkchilde form.

As mistress of Limbo, Darkchilde's emotional state was reflected in the environment, and her shock at having her soul exposed in front of friends and family meant that Limbo itself tried to attack her friends.

Cannonball, Dazzler, Rachel Summers Shadowcat fought to survive against the landscape of Limbo.

Darkchilde summoned her Soulsword which was crackling with pure black energy instead of white. Shadowcat snatched it from her and gained Darkchilde's Eldritch Armor in the process.

Slicing the Soulsword down it's mistress caused Darkchilde great pain, but ultimately caused her to revert her back to her normal self. Shadowcat was concerned of the effect on Magik's soul, and also for her own.

After they calmed down and changed clothes Magik teleported them back to Los Angeles. Then again Rachel was meditating as she tried to focus on the Beyonder's presence.

Cannonball and Magik discussed the reasons why the Beyonder had appeared on Earth, but Rachel announced she was no longer able to detect him. But they are suddenly visited by the Beyonder.

"Hello Illyana," Beyonder said as he appeared in front of them.

"I know that voice!" Illyana replied.

"I'm glad you remember me. I've been hoping we'd meet again," Beyonder said, as he appeared in front of the New Mutants.

"Then this looks like your lucky day.. BEYONDER," Illyana shouted, as she brought out Soulsword to threaten him.

"I bring you joy... the dawn of a new age, why you threatened me," Beyonder replied.

"I'm not interested," Illyana replied and attacked him. Like Kitty, Illyana Rasputin mutated her specific talent, the ability to move through both space and time. However, she is also a sorceress, absolute ruler of an extra dimensional magical domain she calls Limbo.

And her Soulsword, the ultimate expression of her arcane might, is able to disrupt any magical spell or entity. Unfortunately, the Beyonder is neither.

"Nothing happened?" Illyana gasped, looking at the Beyonder had easily caught her Soulsword.

"Why do you wish me harm when I seek to do you only good?" Beyonder asked her with a puzzled expression.

"I thought only Kitty and I could hold my sword!" Illyana said,

"I am beyond such rules that didn't apply to me," Beyonder replied as he again went to awaken the Darkchilde inside her.

"No? Again with a lousy wave of his hand he's manifested my dark soul self, for everyone to see," Illyana shouted as she was again going to transform into Darkchilde.

"This part of your being… You call evil and you fear it," Beyonder replied, but before he completely awakened the Darkchilde, Rachel telekinetically yanked her out of the Beyonder's way, and she nervously reached into the Beyonder's mind.

Their two minds connected and became one, she sensed his curiosity and desire to seek more information.

Both Rachel and the Beyonder became consumed in a burning light, which was broken by Cannonball who blasted them all towards the mansion. Beyonder left from there, while Rachel was still adjusting all over the information she gained just by peeking inside Beyonder's mind.

Sharky was observing everything from, he was waiting for the time, when Beyonder did any wrong thing so he will take action on him. But he hopes, Beyonder learns from the mistake and doesn't do anything wrong.

Sharky was also waiting for the Living Tribunal information about the Beyonder. The Living Tribunal had found the Beyonder power is linked to Molecule Man, but he was searching for complete information on how to kill him.