Chapter 13: A Changing World

/About three days later, Washington DC/

On this day the current President of America Barack Obama made an announcement that shocked the world. Standing behind the podium with Logan dressed like a fed next to him he starts his speech.

"I, along with the parliament have decided to pass new laws about our countries meta-human situation." He says during his public address at the white house his warm smile on his face. Logan on the other hand stood behind him sunglasses hiding his eyes as his nose flared from time to time.

"According to proven scientific information at minimum ten years from now about 70% of our population would be classified as meta-humans, this also includes those born with the X-gene as well as those who do so because of contact with different substances and after thirty to fifty years about 98% would fall under this classification."

"We as the government of The United States of America and I as your president have decided that new laws meant to regulate the use of these abilities and some of the vigilantes who take to the streets because they have these abilities are needed in order to ensure public safety." He pauses and takes a deep breath.

"I know you all have questions and I will answer them but you have to understand Meta-humans are just as human as the rest of us and they deserve a voice just like all of us after all our country is one of freedom as long as no one's constitutional rights are violated, if it were not I wouldn't be standing here as the President of this wonderful country now would I."

After his speech that is very much more than what is written above it was time for questions. "Sir about the incident in Harlem that happened around two years ago was this caused by a meta-human?" a reporter from CNN asks.

"Yes, it was caused by someone who could be classified as a meta-human although said person doesn't have an X-gene and was the victim of an accident caused by the previous secretary of defense acting before reporting to the previous president." He replies.

"Why just three days ago I authorized the forceful shut down of such facilities when I was made aware of them as they were inhumane and violated basic human rights on a fundamental level, those behind the facilities such as Stryker, Nathaniel Essex, Bolivar Trask and Thorton also known as The Professor are publicly wanted by the UN and Interpol due to their violation of human rights worldwide."

The reporters jotted down notes while the camera men and women tried to get as close a shot of the president as possible while they take pictures or stream live. "What do you have to say about the attack on times square just yesterday by Victor von Doom?" another reporter from fox news asks.

"Sadly, we can not do anything to Mr. von Doom aside from deporting him back to Latveria as he was here on diplomatic conditions, on the other hand I would like to commend Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm, Sue Storm and Sarah Storm for dealing with this as best as they can."

"Mr. President what about the damage caused by the attack, this is not the first time such a thing has happened for example the incident in Harlem, Spiderman's fight with the lizard, Tony Starks fight with Obadiah Stane and the man walking around destroying property while turning others to ash. How would the people who suffer loses from these altercations be compensated?" a reporter from the Daily Planet questions.

"Due to the changing situation of the world new materials are being developed by both the government and private labs such as Tesla, Stark industries and the Baxter foundation that could withstand these fights, when done houses and buildings would have to be rebuilt in order to withstand these battles as well as create more space as we will be building up. The abandoned factories and buildings would be reclaimed by the government and be refurbished into homeless shelters or affordable apartments." He pauses for a while.

 "A fund as also been opened, and Stark industries has gratefully donated three billion dollars into it. The management of this fund would and should remain completely transparent in order to avoid issues of misappropriated funds and I will make sure it does so as long as I am president."

"Mr. President according to my sources the man turning people to ash was killing vampires this also coincides with further information about Vampires in London and other such rumors. Would said Vampires if real, fall under these new meta-human laws?" a reporter from BBC says

"Vampires have always existed as I found out when I became president, just like humans they have their own culture and way of management although some of them are of an age long gone there are still new age vampires." He pauses as if finding the write wording.

"New age vampires such as the members of the band My Chemical Romance, Ed Sheeran, Dr. Dre as well as the person you were talking about whom goes by Blade by the way, among others, would be included in the meta law largely due to the part that some of the older ones such as Blade played in the second world war or due to their half human nature as for the old age vampires as long as they cross the line they would end up meeting Blade and we all know from stories that having a dhampir hunter on par with Van Helsing is not something vampires would want." He drinks water from the bottle handed to him by the serious looking Logan and goes on talking.

"A majority of vampires were human before, so they do fall under the meta-human law. To clarify as long as the term homo is attached to the scientific name of your race, and you originate from homo-sapiens or our ancestors you fall under these laws and the human right laws of the USA the only exception to this would be the so-called gods such as Thor and Ares whom would be immediately arrested if they do not agree to comply with certain terms after all they are fundamentally not of human origin."

By the time he was done talking there was a resounding silence on the field. The shock at being answered so truthfully and honestly froze the reporters. Mumbling could be heard as the reporters muttered to themselves. A voice could be heard after a couple seconds that seemed like minutes. This voice was familiar to almost anyone who lived around times square as it almost always blasted out of a giant electronic billboard screen to deliver news.

"Mr. President my name is J Jonah Simpson and according to what you have said, vampires and gods are real and menaces such as Spiderman and Daredevil should be commended instead of locked away for the false hope and damage they cause to our city while superpowered people should be left alone until the one bad day they snap and cause harm to the normal population. Is this what you are trying to tell us the good people of the United States?"

"What I am trying to do is be as honest as possible with my people, for example aliens exist but they aren't in area 57. As for what I said about vampires and gods, yes, they are real, but it is not mandatory to worship them after all we have our own protection from their more extreme ways." He says causing JJ's eyebrow to twitch.

"As for the vigilantes the Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division is already tracking them down to find out their identities in order to have them stop or recruit them after all they haven't really broken any laws and if they do, they would be handled accordingly when captured."

He drinks some more water and is about to speak again when Logan suddenly jumps in front of him pushes him down and slashes two out of three bullets with his claws, the third bullet hitting his chest. "I think we should end the conference here Mr. President, it's the Winter Soldier," Logan says after flaring his nose and catching a scent.