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'I'm the fastest man alive' Pietro Maximoff a.k.a. Quicksilver thinks to himself as he darts about, colors blur as he speeds by. He boasts that he is faster than a cheetah, quicker than a bullet and swifter than a speeding train, and tells himself that the number nerds – the statistic-clockers who think like stopwatches and flow charts – they talk about Spectrum or the Silver Surfer, they look at the mach factors and distances, they focus on the math. They think being seven feet tall is the same as being good at basketball. They think moving quickly is the same as being fast – but it's not. Pietro notes that measuring in miles per hour, a passenger jet travels three times faster than a race car, and yet the race car rattles your insides, while the jet just lulls you to sleep. He admits that Spectrum and the Surfer move quickly, but they don't live speed – they fly, but they don't know how to run. Fastest isn't just about the 50-yard dash, it isn't about who can make it around the world first – fastest isn't just about the numbers. It's about how you see. How you think. How you breathe.
Quicksilver admits that the numbers do matter, and notes that the richest person on Earth is worth one hundred billion dollars – but the words “one hundred billion” don't explain anything. The numerals 100,000,000,000,000  – all those zeroes do little better. The way that Quicksilver understands one hundred billion is different. He thinks of his father, a poor man who scraped a living in a world that hated him – his hands were cracked and swollen. He worked hard, breaking his back every day for fifty years – eighteen thousand days of never being allowed to be sick, of never seeing his family – he would not have earned what the richest man in the world makes in ten minutes, or in a coffee break. But to imagine that with speed, imagine a heart and a mind and hands and eyes that move with the swiftness of such inconceivable numbers. That is how people can understand who Quicksilver is, and understand what it means when he runs.
Quicksilver slows down enough so that colors take form – a group of civilians that he races past, before he speeds up again and the colors blur around him as he thinks that he has run for a hundred reasons, and been called a hero and a villain. He remembers serving as an Avenger and battling the X-Men, working as a terrorist and a government agent – but now, he is running to save the world – following this strange blue streak of energy that moves ever quicker than him. Quicksilver knows that two cosmic-level madmen are threatening the Earth in some sick game, and most of the planet's heroes are trapped, so to free them, to save the world, he is trying to catch this ghostly blue orb that is keeping them prisoner. Pietro thinks of his sister, Wanda, a witch who is using her magic to make him faster. He has never run like this before – he feels like he is being torn to shreds, but that doesn't matter. This beacon, the thing keeping hope from their world, is in his grasp – he only has one chance – he urges on and grabs the blue energy.
It almost kills him, but Quicksilver holds onto the beacon, then slams it to the ground, destroying it. He falls to the ground himself, exhausted. 'I did it!' Quicksilver calls out as he gets to his feet. 'No don't everybody...thank me at once? Quicksilver jokes, looking around he discovers that everyone nearby is frozen. He speeds around the country – everyone in the whole country is frozen. Worse. The whole world. Quicksilver comes to a stop, everyone else is frozen in time, stuck mid-moment, and wonders if he caused this when he shattered the orb. He looks at someone nearby and decides that they haven't become stuck in time – he has become unstuck, ripped loose from normal time. He frowns as he realizes that he has saved the world, but now it will go on without him. He hangs his head as he tells himself that he is fast enough to get away from anything that can hurt him – but he is always leaving people behind. Story of his life.
Quicksilver decides that he is a breathing man in a world of mannequins, that he is living in a horror film, before wondering if there is room for some comedy.
He smirks as he races into a costume shop, then speeds out of it, all the way to Madripoor, where he finds Magneto and dresses him up like a clown. 'Smile, Magneto!' Quicksilver exclaims as he poses next to the Master of Magnetism and takes a selfie on his cell phone.
He speeds into an art supply store and emerges with two large pieces of card. He finds Rogue and Johnny Storm the Human Torch, and places the card in their hands, the one Johnny holds reads “I am w/” and the one in Rogue's hands has an arrow pointing at the Torch and “Stupid”. 'Fire me from the Avengers...' Quicksilver mutters as he takes a photo of the two, admitting to himself that he is a petty man, and for a while he finds great amusement in mocking the people who annoy him – but nothing can change how alone he is, and nothing is funny for very long if no one else laughs.
Quicksilver tries to run from the loneliness, but questions chase him – how did this happen? What even happened? Is he still moving forward in time? Is he even really alive now? How does he fix this? But however fast his feet, his mind is too slow. He is not Stark or Richards, he doesn't have any super-genius solutions. So he just keeps running – it's what he does when he doesn't know what else to do. Quicksilver times himself running the Great Wall of China – but the frozen wall-walkers only make him feel more alone. He tries to watch the Northern Lights, but their strange stillness makes him feel sick. He holds a cup of coffee in his hands and looks down at the ground, before continuing on to the most crowded places on Earth, desperate for the press of humanity – but wherever he goes, no matter how many people surround him, it is really just him there. Alone.
Suddenly, Pietro looks up when he hears a strange hissing or crackling sound, and he is reminded that there are worse things than being alone. He races off the statue he is sitting on and notes that the sound isn't human, but there is no mistake that it is coming from a living thing – which means he isn't alone here. He notices a strange green streak of energy dart about and wonders who – or what – is here with him. 'My God' Pietro utters as the energy takes a humanoid-like energy form. 'What in the hell is that?' Pietro gasps as he leaps onto an outdoor table to get a closer look at the energy form – which looks like him!
Quicksilver realizes that whatever this thing is, it is trying to kill someone – he has done this job long enough to recognize that. He darts between the energy form and the frozen civilian, and challenges the strange being to combat, knocking it back from the civilian, Quicksilver tries to grab the strange being by its throat, but he isn't able to hold it, and the green energy being speeds away, into the air and over the top of a nearby building. Quicksilver follows, he doesn't know what this thing is, or where it came from. He catches up to it, and slams his fist into the creature's face, and as they race across Liberty Island, Quicksilver decides that it looks like a picture of himself drawn by an angry child. It is as fast as Quicksilver is, and its fists feel like lightning as it strikes Quicksilver in the face. It fights as hard as Quicksilver does, too. Quicksilver wants to quit, but he can't.
They race onward, it isn't like battling a man, it is like fighting a fire – every time Quicksilver smothers some part of it, another ignites. He should be exhausted, he should fall down dead – but the burning surge inside him is hotter than fire. They come to a stop on a beach, the energy form has several holes in it where Quicksilver has punched it. Quicksilver strikes the creature again, and a blackness pours out of the holes. The spark at the center of Quicksilver's soul, the arcing electricity in his blood has never let him sit still – it drives him – and in the end, that is enough, as he drags the energy form down to the water and punches it repeatedly. As the form begins to disintegrate, Quicksilver tells it that is what it gets for copying his face. 'You... whatever the hell you are'. As he watches the creature disappear, Pietro is pleased that he has saved a life – it feels good to win, and he relishes it.
Quicksilver speeds back to the make sure the monster's would-be victim is safe. 'Well, you look okay enough, whoever you -' Quicksilver begins as he stops by the would-be victim – only to look shocked, staring at the random stranger that he has saved from the monster that almost looks like him – he is not a stranger – but the guy he used to get his coffee from. Quicksilver speeds on – a monster that half looks like him trying to kill someone he half knows – he doesn't believe this is a coincidence, but he can't figure out what it means. What matters is that he saved this guy, saved him with his speed. 'I'm the fastest man on Earth. But... what if... that's not fast enough?' Quicksilver thinks to himself as he speeds up the side of a tall building, and looks out over the city, where he sees colored streaks of blue, pink and yellow racing about across the city....


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Pietro Maximoff is Quicksilver – the fastest man in the world. The fastest that's ever been. Too fast for his own good. But not fast enough. He is trapped here between moments when the rest of the world sits suspended in time. He speeds past a frozen train, and across a motionless body of water – and is honest with himself – he is lonely. But he isn't alone. Quicksilver arrives at the top of Mount Rushmore, and looks down upon the frozen civilians who gaze up at the faces etched into the side of the mountain. Among them are several strange, brightly colored energy beings. Quicksilver doesn't know what they are, but they are the only other things moving in this frozen landscape. They are as fast as Quicksilver is, and they are killing people – people who don't even know they are dying. They don't speak, and they don't bother him, unless he tries to stop him. Quicksilver decides that the weirdest part is they look like him – he has destroyed a dozen of them, but they just keep appearing. He doesn't know how many there are, as he hasn't been able to stop them all. They are killing innocent people, and they are daring to wear his handsome face while they do it.
The victims aren't random – they have all been people he knows. He watches as one of the energy creatures hovers behind Mrs Sarah Lowenstein. Retired now, and only holiday with her husband. Mrs Lowenstein is an immigration lawyer, and years ago she helped Pietro and his sister get through a difficult process. They still speak occasionally. Now, Pietro is fighting to keep a monstrous copy of himself from ripping her in half. 'Life is weird, huh?' Pietro thinks to himself, before racing down the side of the mountain, where he lands on the energy creature, 'Hey! You ugly bunch of inferior knockoffs! Over here! Whatever you things are, do you have to be so damn quiet? It's creepy' Quicksilver exclaims, wishing there was some crappy super villain suppech right now to break the silence. He holds the energy creature up above him, and decides that he has gotten better at taking them out. He saves Sara Lowenstein's life by destroying the energy creature, smashing it into the ground, it breaks apart. But he is never fast enough to save everyone, and as he destroys another of the creatures, yet another appears. He wonders if it doesn't like what it sees in his eyes, maybe it sees what he did to its friends?
The energy creature runs, and Quicksilver gives chase. He can count on his hand the number of times something has been fast enough to make him chase it – it almost feels good. They run and run, and the strange thing stays ahead of him. Across oceans they run, through cities they run, and only at the last moment does Quicksilver realize that they are not running randomly. It is only when the monster stops and turns to face him does Quicksilver realizes where he has been led. It is the smell that tells him first – even before his eyes, scents are dulled in this weird-in-between world, but this one cuts through everything. Onion, paprika, it is the smell of janija, the stew his mother used to make. He speeds towards the energy monster and slams his fist into its face, realizing that they have led him here, although the faces and trailers have changed over the years, but there is no mistaking it – he is home.
Or, at least it once was. This is the place his parents raised him and his sister. Quicksilver remembers that they were poor, and not poor like Americans mean it when they say it – but poor. They had shoes, but not everyone knew they did. His mother even apologized to bread when she dropped it, and his father did anything he could to feed his sister and him – some of it was illegal, all of it was long, hard work.
Quicksilver slams his feet into the energy creature, knocking it backwards, while recalling that his father made a tiny amount of money a day, barely enough to keep them off the streets. Because they are Romani, the villagers called his father a thief when he tried to feed his children – it's what Europeans always call them, it is in their very words for them. Pietro thinks to himself that the Europeans never mention that they stole their whole people, enslaved them for 500 years – they didn't have a word for that level of theft.
Quicksilver decides that the Americans are almost worse, that they turn them into cartoons and costumes when they use their trust funds to safely wander the world – they call themselves gypsy, never having to feel the pain and hate that word carries with it. 'They think we are carefree nomads. They have no idea how important home was to the people I grew up with. How much it meant when Wanda and I lost ours'.
Pietro reminds himself that there are a hundred million horrible things happening to people around the world right now, that people are being murdered and tortured – human beings. He knows he should be racing around the world trying to stop it all while he has the chance – but experience has taught him that it won't work, that some other evil will always come along. 'Still this one little life...' he thinks to himself as he sees two boys nearby, one holding a bag with “Cheese Dibbles” written on it, the other holding a hammer. Quicksilver yanks the bag from the boy's hand, and pulls from it a turtle. Quicksilver stares at the turtle and recalls that when he was a child, he saved a kitten from some other boys who were tormenting it – they beat him mercilessly. He thought his father would be furious, embarassed – but when his father found out, what he said was “You are a good boy, Pietro. A good person. But it's  hard to be a good person in this world. It can kill you”. Pietro holds the turtle up to his face, 'I shall call you Mister Dibbles, since we're stuck in time here, I think you'll be okay without water for a bit, but...' Pietro begins, before turning as another of the strange energy creatures return, two of them speeding past him.
Quicksilver looks back at Mister Dibbles and tells him that a witty, handsome hero's work is never done. 'Let's go, Mister Dibbles!' Pietro exclaims as he speeds off after the creatures. 'We've almost got them!' Quicksilver exclaims, but they speed off ahead of him. 'Where the hell are they going?' Quicksilver wonders, following them still, he looks annoyed when he arrives at his next destination – Madripoor. 'Damn it. Not here. Not him. Don't you dare make me save...ugh' Pietro mutters, as he looks up at Magneto's base and tells Mister Dibbles that it belongs to Magneto, and that he is a jerk. 'He's tried to take over the world God knows how many times. But more than that, he claimed to be my father and then tried to kill me. He lied to me about everything that mattered'. Quicksilver recalls that Magneto tried to make Pietro and his sister slaves, and tells Mister Dibbles that Magneto is a class-A piece of $#%&, which is why he did this to him – dress him up as a clown. Pietro adds that he got some amazing selfies that are definitely going online if they ever get back to normal time.
But, Quicksilver knows that those energy things are trying to kill Magneto, and he can't let that happen. 'He might deserve it, but I can't let it happen' he remarks, before wondering where the energy creatures went.
'Hello, boys' he calls out when he sees two of them speed past. 'You wait here, buddy' Pietro tells Mister Dibbles as he place the turtle on a fence post, and races off after the energy creatures – slamming into two of them at once. The creatures work against Quicksilver, and force him to the ground. Quicksilver doesn't have room for a whirlwind in here, so he makes whirlwinds of his fists, they spin around and around, he presses himself as hard as he can to make his fists go faster, as the energy creatures are as fast as he is – and it is agonizing for him. But, eventually... it's enough, as Quicksilver's fists whirl faster and faster, he causes the energy creatures to disperse.
Quicksilver goes back over to Mister Dibbles and tells him that he thinks they have earned some rest – but no such luck, as another streak of energy zooms past. Quicksilver picks up Mister Dibbles and races after the creature, all the way to a mall in Minnesota, where the energy creature looms over Quicksilver's child, Luna.
Pietro remarks that Luna is the daughter of his doomed marriage, that she lives on the moon and hardly knows him – he hasn't been much of a father to her.
He lunges at the creature and wonders what these things are and why they look like him. He needs answers, but doesn't have any time to think, no time to slow down – story of his life. He punches the creature repeatedly, and forces it to the ground, where it breaks up, destroyed. Quicksilver decides that he is getting better at fighting them, they die quickly, but he doesn't know how long he can keep this up. He saves Luna, and it feels no different than saving a stranger. 'What is wrong with me?' Pietro asks himself.
But he doesn't have time to answer that, either, as three more energy creatures run past him – so he needs to keep running, too. By the time the energy creatures lead him to Avengers Mansion, Pietro is exhausted and half-dead, but not surprised. He takes the energy creatures on, slamming into each of them. He thinks that the creatures seem to know him, so it would make sense that they come here – Earth's Mightiest Heroes, where Captain America and Hawkeye are frozen in time nearby. For years after they accepted him, Quicksilver was convinced he was never really one of them. He puts Mister Dibbles on the ground as he darts after the third energy creature, 'Oh, no you don't! Not him, you bastards!' Quicksilver calls out as he grabs the energy creature and shoves him aside before the creature can reach Edwin Jarvis. Pietro tells himself that Jarvis is the only one who always accepted he and Wanda, never judged them He destroys the energy creature, but several smaller energy creatures are currently hovering around Jarvis, so Quicksilver races to them and swats them all.
Quicksilver returns to the other room and collects Mister Dibbles, before wiping his face and wondering how many people he has saved since being trapped here – and how many has he failed to save? He is more tired that he has ever been in his life, and needs to sleep – more than anything in this world, he needs to sleep. With the monsters gone for now, he finds his bed and lies down on it, placing Mister Dibbles on the bedside table. But Quicksilver's heart hammers in his chest, a thousand thoughts march through his head. He feels as if he will die if he can't rest – and then slowly, miraculously... he closes his eyes.
Pietro opens his eyes when he hears his name being chanted, 'Quicksilver! Quicksilver!' a voice utters. 'Well, that's creepy' Pietro remarks to himself, before picking up Mister Dibbles, and heading out of the room, 'What in the hell?' Pietro wonders as he hears his name chanted again. The chanting continues as Pietro enters another room and finds Jericho Drumm a.k.a. Doctor Voodoo and Emily Guerrero a.k.a. Synapse. A book is laid out in front of Doctor Voodoo, while a laptop sits on Synapse's lap, her fingers frozen over the keyboard. Pietro wonders if this is where the voice is coming from. He looks at Emily, and thinks about what an amazing woman she is, and that they might have had something, if he didn't screw it up. 'How many times in my life have I found myself saying that?' Quicksilver wonders, before looking down at Doctor Voodoo and realizes that he is using his magic to try and reach him. 'My team! They haven't forgotten me!' Pietro exclaims, adding that there must be some way he can help them as he looks over Synapse's shoulder, before he hears a loud booming noise. 'Great. What now?' Quicksilver wonders.
Quicksilver speeds out of the Mansion and onto the grounds outside,
'Okay, what in the hell is – oh, boy!' Quicksilver utters as he looks up and finds an enormous energy creature standing before him. 'What the hell am I supposed to do against that? And who is it trying to...' Quicksilver asks himself, before he goes wide-eyed as he sees the creature is looming over someone who has been frozen in the garden while smelling a flower – it's the Scarlet Witch! 'WANDA!' Quicksilver shouts.


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Ninety-eight percent of humanity spends their time in the womb alone. But not Pietro Maximoff. He is a twin, which meant that his sister and he knew each other before they were born – in the beginning, it was just them. Every baby is born into a hostile world – cold, loud, full of frightening creatures – but for Pietro and Wanda, it was more than that. They were taken from their parents, experimented upon by a madman called the High Evolutionary who turned animals into people, like Bova, the cow who cared for the twins. Their parents were poor and Roma – what could they do against such a monster. And when the twins didn't show the desired results, the High Evolutionary returned them to their village as infants, were they lived a hard but mostly happy childhood.
(present)
But somehow, monsters keep finding the twins, like right now, as Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. Scarlet Witch, frozen in time as she leans over a garden, is about to become the victim of a large, strange energy creature that looms over her. Pietro Maximoff a.k.a. Quicksilver is trapped between  moments, the only man moving in frozen time, but he isn't alone, there are many of these vicious things here trying to kill people who matter to him. Quicksilver darts around the garden, concerned that the creature has found his sister, whose presence he has known longer than he has lived in this world – the person who matters more to him than any other. Wanda is a witch, and Pietro knows that she is working on some sort of spell to save him – she is always trying to save him, even when he doesn't deserve it, Pietro admits as he speeds to his sister, picks up her frozen body and darts away from the energy creature as it slams its fist down. 'Now it's my turn to save her' Pietro tells himself as he places his sister into a bedroom within Avengers Mansion, alongside the frozen turtle, Mister Dibbles. 'Wait here, sis' Pietro remarks, boasting that he is going to kick that thing's butt.
Pietro speeds back out of Avengers Mansion, and stares up at the creature, 'Hey! I still don't know what the hell you are. But if you don't leave my sister alone, I'm going to kill you. Last chance' Pietro warns the creature, who offers no response. 'Fine, then. Your funeral' Pietro remarks as he speeds into thr creature, but despite his bravado, he fails as the creature knocks him aside with ease, and Pietro wonders how often he has shouted bold words as he tried to protect his sister and failed?
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'Pietro! Look how high I am!' a young Wanda calls out as she sits perched on a tree branch. 'Wanda! You shouldn't go up there – it's dangerous!' Pietro responds as he climbs up the tree, while Wanda reminds him that he climbed up to this branch yesterday. 'That's different! You're a girl!' Pietro responds, to which Wanda asks him 'How is that different?' Pietro ignores the question and tells his sister that he will help her down. 'I don't need -' Wanda frowns, before Pietro screams as the side of the tree he is clinging to breaks awa from the tree and he falls to the ground. This results in Pietro needing a cast for his broken legs. Their parents, Django and Marya, were angry, and because Wanda is a girl, and that's how things were, they blamed her.
(present)
'How many times has my “protection” harmed her?' Pietro asks himself as he darts behind the large energy creature, and remarks that even if he can't beat this, this is Avengers Mansion, one of the most secure buildings on Earth, so no matter how powerful the creature is, the Mansion’s defenses will come to his assistance. But, they are stuck in time, an nothing does what it ought to, no electrified nets, no security drones – the defenses don't defend. The large energy creature lumbers towards the front door, he moves swiftly, speeding around the creature and striking it from every direction. 'I must have hit you ten thousand times! Why won't you fall?' Pietro calls out, before noticing the energy creature smile. 'Are you enjoying this?' Pietro asks. 'I don't like kink-shaming giant energy creatures, but this is getting really creepy' Pietro remarks.
Unable to fight the large energy creature, Quicksilver speeds into the bedroom, grabs his sister, and then runs – it's always what he has done, he's good at it, the best. He runs, with Wanda beside him, like he has done for years. The monster keeps pace, for although Quicksilver is the fastest man in the world, the creature is as fast as he is. So Pietro keeps running – this thing is trying to hurt his sister, who he himself has hurt so many times. Pietro runs now to keep Wanda safe, and will keep running until his heart explodes and he falls over dead.
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Wanda and Pietro were teenagers when they first became aware the High Evolutionary's mad experiments hadn't failed after all, as Pietro sped through the forest, and Wanda's hands glow with energy. Though they had hints of their gifts before then, their powers came to full flower the night their neighbors tried to kill their parents – the villagers called the criminals, they called them trash and tried to burn them – so Pietro picked up Wanda and ran.
They wandered for months, frightened children who were terrorized by hate and ripped from the only home they had ever known. It wasn't always bad, though, as for two years in a row they used their powers to sneak into the crowd to watch Eurovision. But more than anything, they grew tired.
(present)
Quicksilver has lived on the street, on the moon and in Avengers Mansion. But nothing makes you so tired as not having a home. As he speeds on, Quicksilver isn't sure how long he has been running when he realizes that the monster has finally fallen back. He only knows that his breath is ragged and his lungs burn and his sides ache. He can run no further – but he has bought them a moment. He places Wanda upright, and leans over, resting his hands on his knees as he catches his breath. Quicksilver looks up and examines his surroundings, realizing that they are near Taos Pueblo in New Mexico. He visited here with Crystal once when they were married, when he thought he knew how to live with another person. He remembers that the story of the people here spoke to him, like the Romani, they have held on as history tried to erase them. Pietro finds a cave to keep Wanda safe, and catches as many breaths as he can before the thing that is hunting them arrives. Pietro waits and he tries to draw on something his father once said about their people - “They have killed us so many times, Pietro. And yet we refuse to die”.
Quicksilver stands his ground as a blur of energy manifests in the distance. The energy creature speeds towards him, so Quicksilver races forward – they collide and they fight. For what feels like forever, they fight. But if Pietro keeps fighting, he knows that this thing that doesn't seem to tire will win. Pietro punches the creature hard in the face, and with the space he needed, Pietro does what he does best – he keeps running, grabbing his frozen sister, and speeding away.
(flashback)
Wanda and Pietro spent months more wandering, running from their pain – but before long they again became targets, this time not only for being Roma, but for being “monsters” - a mob surrounded them, trapped them – which is when Magneto found them. He had been through everything they had. He said everything he knew they needed to hear. Everything that no one else was saying to them, and as the angry mob dispersed, and Magneto extended a hand to the twins.
But, Magneto used their every fear, their every hope. They were little more than children, but he put them into uniforms and he turned them into soldiers, alongside Mastermind and the Toad, they formed his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. But though they were foolish, they were young, they came to see his cruelty, his manipulation, making game pieces of living beings – they left, and then again, they were alone.
(present)
Quicksilver tells himself that being alone with his sister now, on the run, with death close behind them, it is the same way they have lived half their lives – only now, Pietro's legs are about to collapse – he has to stop. If they are going to die, he would rather they did it among the closest thing he has to friends – so he decides where they will make their last stand, even without the electronic traps – Avengers Mansion is still one of the safest places in the world. Pietro speeds around the Mansion, gathering his fellow Avengers – Captain America, Hawkeye, Synapse and Doctor Voodoo – and placing them in a secure subbasement with Wanda and Jarvis. Pietro tells their frozen forms that they should be safe here while he tries to stop that thing. 'Don't say I never did anything for you' Pietro mutters.
(flashback)
After the Brotherhood, Wanda and Pietro found their way to America. He had seen a man fly, and a woman move things with her mind – but those first days in New York still amazed Pietro – so many people. It was here, in their youthful temerity, dared to try and become Avengers. To their amazement, they were accepted into the ranks of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, or at least, they tried to. Despite serving alongside Captain America and Hawkeye and battling Kang, things haven't always gone well – whether it was Pietro arguing with the Wasp, or disgusted by Wanda's relationship with the android Vision. Wanda always fit in better with the Avengers than Pietro, and he always gave her hell for it. But still, she helped repair what he broke, always reached out to him when he deserved no forgiveness.
(present)
Pietro knows that the room the Avengers are in could withstand a bomb blast, but the entrance still needs to be defended. He finds what he needs in a dusty corner of Starks' workroom, equipment and toold. The Mansion's machines don't seem to work in this in-between time. So he goes low-tech. He takes several of Hawkeye's bows and arrows. He caught remembers catching game in the Transian woods more than once when they were young and hungry. As he hastily speeds about, building the trap in front of the doors to the subbasement where his loved ones are inside, he admits that his efforts are laughable – he is no Stark, no super-engineer, but he has to try something. So he does his best to fortify this place, then goes to be with his sister and their almost-family after finishing rigging up some sort of trip wire.
Once inside the subbasement, Quicksilver tells the frozen Avengers that there is a monster on its way. 'I guess I'm the only one who's any use around here, but what else is new?' Pietro mutters, before telling the frozen Avengers not to worry, because today isn't the end of the world. 'Today we are canceling the ap-' Pietro begins, interrupted by the sound of a loud BOOM. He knows the energy creature is here, and he has nowhere left to run. The monster trips the wire, which causes several arrows to streak towards it, striking it. But the energy monster is relentless, and the childish traps Pietro has set barely faze it. The barriers he has built only slow it for a moment. Quicksilver has failed.
Pietro leans against the wall of the subbasement and tells the monster 'You want me, monster? Take me, then! But leave my sister alone!' he calls out, while the monster slams its fist against the wall. 'DO YOU HEAR ME? LEAVE HER ALONE!' Pietro shouts, before the monster bursts through the wall to the subbasement. 'I'm sorry, sister. I tried' Pietro utters, when suddenly, he looks over at Wanda – she is no longer frozen in time, and is casting a spell.
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Pietro and Wanda have been together since before they were born. Arguing as children. Arguing as teenagers in the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. They are each other's only real family. Serving on the same teams for years, saving each other’s lives. They argued as Avengers, too. But so often, their livers have felt so far apart – and so often, it has been Pietro's fault. He remembers being thrown out of the Avengers Unity team. He is the fastest man in the world, but he has run out of time to fix things with the only person who ever really cared about him – or has he?
(present)
'Pietro! I'm here!' Wanda calls out as she releases the energy from her spell increases around her. 'Wanda! Oh, thank God. You wouldn't believe what -' Pietro begins, to which Wanda interrupts him and tells him that she would, as she has been able to see it this whole time, chasing them. 'Thank you for saving me' Wanda utters. They hold hands as Pietro tells Wanda that he loves her. Wanda frowns as she tells Pietro that she loves him, too. 'Now, let's destroy this thing' she utters, as she releases her hex against the creature, weakening it. 'Strike now!' Wanda exclaims as Quicksilver speeds forward, and lunges at the energy creature, 'THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU MESS WITH MY SISTER!' Quicksilver shouts as he slams against the energy creature, destroying it.
'Pietro!' Wanda exclaims, throwing her arms around her brother. 'Can you really see me?' Pietro asks his sister, who tells him that she can, and that they won. She informs Pietro that when he destroyed the Grandmaster's beacon, he freed everyone, only it did something to him, that he is not part of their world anymore – not in the same way. 'Yeah, I noticed' Quicksilver mutters. The twins leave the subbasement, and Wanda comments on her brother's hostility, informing him that they have been trying to reach him, to pull him back, that she, Doctor Voodoo and Synapse are doing all they can – but magic and telepathic powers use the heart and the mind – and Pietro is so hard to reach, so distant and volatile. Pietro folds his arms and hangs his head  as Wanda explains that these creatures are using that somehow to keep Pietro here, using his fury, his motion – meaning he has to calm himself.
Pietro reminds Wanda that he has been trying to do that his whole life. 'But how do I stop being angry? How do I stop my mind from moving?' he wonders, before admitting to Wanda that he has done much wrong to her, that he owes her so many apologies, and he thought he was going to be stuck here without being able to say them. 'I just want you to hear...' Pietro begins, before turning to his sister and discovering that she has becomec frozen in time once more. 'Wanda?' Pietro utters, unsure if his sister heard him, he doesn't know if it matters – he is all alone again in a world where the only living things are monsters. Suddenly, Pietro notices the residue of one of Wanda's hexes, a tiny bit of magic she was able to work before being snatched away from him. Pietro follows the magic as it streaks upstairs – and into the bedroom where Mister Dibbles was placed.
'Mister Dibbles! You're alive!' Pietro smiles as he picks up the turtle, now restored to its green colour. Pietro stands, staring into those stupid little eyes, and he almost cries. A turtle, a disposable little life that you can buy for a few dollars – he thinks this is pathetic but it is a bit of live, of life, sent from his sister, and right now, it matters more than he can say. 'Thanks, sis' Pietro utters.


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'This, Mister Dibbles, is Tahiti!' Pietro Maximoff a.k.a. Quicksilver exclaims as he speeds onto the Pacific Island with his turtle, Mister Dibbles, who hisses in response. Onwards to the North Pole, where Pietro tells Mister Dibbles they won't stay long, seeing as since the temperature could kill him. Mister Dibbles hisses again, before they arrivev in Cappadocia, Turkey. 'Mister Dibbles, are you paying attention?' Quicksilver asks, but the turtle simply hisses in response. 'Oh, who am I kidding?' Pietro mutters as he places Mister Dibbles on the ground. Pietro looks around while wondering how long ago it was that he spoke to his sister for those brief moments – a day? A week? A month? That was the last time he spoke to anyone. Pietro is starting to believe he will never speak to anyone else ever again. He saves the world, and this is the thanks he gets – left behind and forgotten in between moments. 'What's the point of any of it?' Pietro asks himself, realizing that the Avengers have not found a way to save him – he wonders how hard they are even trying.

Pietro frowns as he asks himself why he should grind himself into dust saving them – why shouldn't he  let them all die. 'Why shouldn't I just -' Quicksilver starts to think, before he sees three brightly colored energy creatures rush towards him. 'Hey!' Quicksilver calls out as he jumps between the energy creatures and Mister Dibbles. The creatures are attacking the only other living thing in this world – and that, Pietro cannot allow. 'Leave! My! Turtle! ALONE!' Pietro shouts as he takes out two of the energy monsters. The third one runs, so Pietro gives chase, over ridges and valleys. 'Where the hell are you leading me, you stupid...' Quicksilver calls out, before coming to a ledge, where he looks down into a large gully, 'Oh $#%&!' Pietro gasps as he sees hundreds – thousands – of blurs of colored energy below. There are more than he can count – but he knows that if he doesn't stop them, they will kill people. He speeds down the edge of the cliff into the gully below, and for a moment, he tells himself that he has a chance. But he can't possibly beat them – not all by himself.
The blurs of energy dart around Quicksilver, 'This is it, then. I'm going to die alone' Pietro utters, when suddenly, 'You're not alone, Pietro. And we're not going to let you die!' Wanda Maximoff the Scarlet Witch exclaims as she materializes over her brother, who looks up, surprised to see her, as she casts a hex, causing the energy beings to become frozen in place. Wanda assures her brother that the Avengers are doing everything they can to free him. Pietro tells Wanda that he believes she is, but he isn't sure about the others. 'Are they really doing everything?' Pietro asks. 'Or are things easier for them with me here? Everyone's least favorite member conveniently out of the way he mutters. Wanda tells her brother to stop his self-pitying and listen to her – something in this half-world has latched onto him, something is keeping him here. 'We think it's these creatures. That they're somehow -' Wanda begins, before she vanishes. Pietro calls out for Wanda to come back, but it's too late, she's gone, and the the energy creatures revert to life. 'Just great' Pietro mutters as the energy creatures lunge forward.
Pietro knows that if he doesn't stop these things, they will kill,so he fights – he fights and fights, but he can't make a dent, and the creatures force him to the ground. Pietro is not afraid of death – but dying like this, alone and nowhere? That scares him. So he makes a decision – he isn't proud of it, but he climbs to his feet and runs away. 'You horrible things have fun without me!' Pietro exclaims as he quickly retrieves Mister Dibbles, 'We're outta here!' he tells the turtle, while feeling bad for abandoning the others, he has made a coward's choice. Guilt tries to chase him, shame tries to catch him – so he runs faster, and comes to a stop at a sports store. Inside, Pietro keeps his body and mind busy, playing cards, or table tennis against himself, pretending that this place won't drag him into madness and death.
Suddenly:  'Pietro! At last!' a voice calls out, and Quicksilver looks up to see Wanda and Jericho Drum a.k.a. Doctor Voodoo materialize above him. 'I thought you guys were going to get me out of here!' Pietro exclaims. Jericho assures Quicksilver that they are trying, to which Pietro asks him 'How hard?' As hard as if it was Cap, or Wasp? He wonders where Stark and Strange are – why the others aren't helping. Wanda starts to tell her brother that it won't matter who helps if he keeps  driving them away. 'Those creatures, this place, they're tied to you' Wanda explains, before she and Jericho vanish. 'My what? Argh! Damn it!' Pietro mutters.
He has no answers, and no one is coming to save him – and he doesn't have it left in him to save anyone else. He leaves the sports store with Mister Dibbles, and speeds past more energy creatures. He distracts himself again – attending an art exhibition. Playing basketball,  trying to stave off the inevitable. TV doesn't work here, so he finds some books, and settles down in a park and begins to read them. And read on a beach, and near a volcano, when suddnely, out of nowhere, the words hit him like a fist - “Breathe in, calming body and mind. Breathe out, calming body and mind. Feelings come and go like clouds in the sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. Dwell in the present moment”. Pietro looks up from the book, wide-eyed, he doesn't even remember how it feels to be calm.
Wanda materializes once more. 'I've found you!' Wanda exclaims, before asking Pietro why he is wasting time here, when those things are threatening to kill people. 'Wasting time? That's a good one' Pietro replies. 'Brother, I -' Wanda begins, before Pietro asks her what exactly he is supposed to be doing, and why he is responsible for all of this. 'I'm not saying you are, it's just...it's always someone else, Pietro. Magneto. Normal humans. The Americans. With you, it's always someone else's fault' Wanda points out. Pietro throws his hands above his head and declares that it is always someone else's fault. Wanda tells Pietro that he defines himself by being angry at other people, which isn't healthy. 'I don't want it to kill you' she adds. 'You've got to learn to calm down before -' Wanda begins, before she vanishes.
Quicksilver looks back, and sees several energy creatures speeding towards him. There are too many of them. He can't fight them – then he realizes that maybe he doesn't need to. He recalls that Wanda said these things are somehow connected to him, to his rage. 'If I could calm myself...' Pietro thinks, before remembering the quote from the book: “ Breathe in, calming body and mind. Breathe out, calming body and mind. Feelings come and go like clouds in the sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. Dwell in the present moment”. As the creatures loom over him, Quicksilver raises a hand, and forces them back without touching them. 'did I just kill those things by breathing?' Pietro wonders, wide-eyed.
Quicksilver picks up Mister Dibbles and wonders if that might work on the horde of creatures they saw back on the ridge. He knows he can't fight them all, but perhaps he could zen them to death. Mister Dibbles makes a gurgling noise, and Pietro tells the turtle that he knows it is a crazy idea, and he is misusing the term “zen”. 'There's no need to be rude' he tells Mister Dibbles, who hisses as Quicksilver picks him up and speeds back into Avengers Mansion. 'You're right, it's probably suicide. But I've got to try' Pietro remarks. He places Mister Dibbles on a table and realizes that he is probably going to die today, so he will be damned if he is going to die in a shredded costume. He goes into his closet, 'Let's see...maybe this...and this here...oh God, I used to wear that?' he asks, finding an old costume, before coming to a stop, 'Oh, this one's perfect' Pietro smiles, and a moment later, appears in a classic blue and white costume. 'That's more like it! What do you think? Felt like time for a change anyway' Pietro declares, but Mister Dibbles just hisses.
Pietro thanks Mister Dibbles, and tells the turtle that he can't come with him, as he probably isn't going to make it back – and he doesn't want Mister Dibbles to die. Pietro puts Mister Dibbles next to the pond behind Avengers Mansion and tells the turtle that he will find others like him in this pond, and that Jarvis inspects it every day. Mister Dibbles hisses in response.
A short time later, Pietro returns to the gully, the blurs of color darting about below him. The creatures haven't rampaged across the planet – they are in the same place he has left them. He stands there, trying to figure out why, but he can't think with all the chanting. 'Wait a minute – chanting?' Pietro utters as he covers his ears to block the noise. He wonders what they are saying, before realizing that it is not words, but more like twisted, angry imitations. It doesn't matter though, he is hear to stop them, not to listen to them. 'Hey! Up here!' Pietro calls out as he throws a rock from the ledge, down into the gully – he has got their attention.
Then, Quicksilver sits down. He waits. It is only seconds, but it feels like a lifetime. “ Breathe in, calming body and mind. Breathe out, calming body and mind. Feelings come and go like clouds in the sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. Dwell in the present moment” he repeats, as the chanting becomes clearer – it is his name they are calling out. Pietro opens his eyes and looks up – too late though, as he realizes his “zen” state is not working – the angry energy creatures are inches from him, reaching out for him – so, one final time, he breathes in and breathes out. Then his lungs are filled with lightning and he stops breathing all together as a blur of color overwhelms him....


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Pietro Maximoff a.k.a. Quicksilver is the fastest man in the world – but now, everything depends on him slowing himself down. He glances nervously side to side, he knows he is not very good at slowing down, trying to use his calm as a weapon. He breathes in, and out, in, and out, as countless energy creatures race towards him, and engulf him in a blur of brilliance. He pushes away the thought that he will die here, the thought that he must do something. He pushes away all thought and he breathes – and somehow, impossibly, it works. It hurts the energy creatures. But he barely notices, and every time his thoughts start to wander to the creatures, he brings them back to breathing. Quicksilver is calm, and present, and in control of his own breath – and that kills these monsters that look like him. A wave of calmness spreads, and Quicksilver gets to his feet, 'Is that all of them, then?' he asks. 'Alone at last' he remarks when he gets no response, until, suddenly, a voice calls out 'Not quite, jackass'.
Pietro looks up, to see a colorless version of himself, wearing his purple and white costume with the “fast forward” symbol on his chest. 'After all, I'm here' the colorless Quicksilver grins. 'I... ah.... who the hell are you? You can speak?' Quicksilver utters. 'Yes, genius' the other Quicksilver responds, boasting that he can speak. 'Really impressive watching that lightning-quick brain in action'. Pietro asks the colorless version of himself if he is one of them, one of the monsters he has been fighting. 'Monsters? Where do you get off calling other people monsters?' the colorless Quicksilver asks, before revealing that they lived here, between moments, hungering – they didn't have their own selves, they were just a force that needed to feed. 'Then you came. We learned how to take shape from you. Mouths that can snarl. Hands that can strangle. Angry thoughts. We copied you, Pietro. And we became something. We tried to feed on the people we found in your mind' the colorless Quicksilver announces.
The colorless Quicksilver continues: 'But you found a way to force us out of our forms. Now I am the last. I wear a shape you gave me. I think your thoughts. I've even learned to use hard words like you' the creature explains, smiling as he declares 'I have to say, Pietro – you are one pathetic piece of $#%&'. The colorless Quicksilver tells Pietro that he is too selfish to be a real hero, and too soft to be a villain – so it is no wonder no one likes him. 'Will you please shut up!?' Quicksilver shouts as he speeds over to his doppelganger, attempting to punch him, but the colorless Quicksilver steps aside, and swipes Pietro with a punch, his fist connecting with Pietro's face. 'The truth... hurts... doesn't it?' the colorless Quicksilver asks as he delivers several more punches. But Quicksilver doesn't give up, 'Are you some kind of illusion?' Pietro asks as he speeds along the ridgeline, his doppelganger keeping pace. 'Are you?' the doppelganger asks.
'Leave me alone!' Quicksilver exclaims as the colorless doppelganger slams a fist into Pietro's face, knocking him backwards and telling Pietro that he can't do that, and that Pietro of all people should know that. 'Maybe if you weren't such a jerk, we wouldn't have found something to latch onto. I bet this never happens to Captain America' the colorless Quicksilver mocks, before announcing that this is boring, and that he has spent long enough in between times, and is ready to kill people in living color. The colorless Quicksilver then speeds away, 'It's time to get real!' he shouts as he breaks through the in-between time, and into reality, with Pietro racing after him, 'What the – oh no you don't!' Pietro calls out.
'The real world. The present time. So this is what it looks like!' the colorless Quicksilver grins as he looks at his new surroundings, while civilians gaze at him in shock. 'You – you brought us back. How?' Pietro asks, confused, looking around. 'We brought us back. You thought it would be your love that saved you? Or your hope?' the colorless Quicksilver asks. 'You stupid %$#&. I'm here because the only thing within you strong enough to break through was your rage' he adds. 'Anger. Impatience. They're who you are, Pietro. They make you strong when you're not whining. They made me'. The colorless Quicksilver then announces that he is going to kill a lot of people. 'Let's see if you can stop me' he exclaims as he speeds off.
Pietro follows – his doppelganger's words cut deep. Pietro realizes that he is not an impostor, not even a doppelganger – he simply is him. The me he refuses to see when he looks in the mirror. The colorless Quicksilver knocks two civilians aside as he runs past them. Pietro thinks to himself that whatever the force is that lives between moments, it latched onto something that was already there. 'Got you, you $#%&!' Pietro exclaims as he grabs his other self. He has been trying to get home for so long, now the colors and sounds of home overwhelm him, the city drowns his senses. The colorless Quicksilver punches back, while a fire engine races by, sirens blaring. 'What's the matter, loser? Are you wimping out?' the colorless Quicksilver asks as he slams Pietro to the ground. There is too much noise for Pietro, too many people – and it makes him angry. 'And my face looks like his' Pietro thinks to himself.
But, then he hears something – and looks over to see an old man playing the saxophone, “The Girl from Ipanema”. Pietro loves that song, and decides the saxophonist is pretty good. Pietro looks past his opponent and he sees talented kids dancing, moving, not frozen. He smells shawarma and realizes that he is starving. He remembers how much he loves shawarma. The colorless Quicksilver realizes Pietro's attention has turned away from him and reminds him that they are supposed to be fighting here. 'Come on, Pee-etro. Rip my throat out!' he exclaims. Some youths are watching the fight: 'Holee – it's that Avenger – the fast one!' one of them exclaims. 'Quicksilver' one of the youths remarks, before asking who the other guy is. 'Dunno, his brother, maybe?' the other youth asks. Pietro remembers that he might look like this raging monster sometimes, but he is not him. He remembers that, at his best, he has been something better than this, and tells himself that he could be something better again.
'You don't want to fight? Fine then' the colorless Quicksilver mutters, before announcing that he will just go kill their sister, and speeds away. Pietro thinks to himself that every day of his life, this hurt inside him has made him as angry as this colorless creature, it has given him a kind of strength. 'Oh, Waaaaanda... I'm hoooome!' the other Quicksilver shouts as he arrives at Avengers Mansion, with Pietro hot on his heels, realizing that this thing is indeed his reflection, and like him, it draws its power from being hurt. It uses pain to cause pain, and Pietro knows that there is only one way, then, to stop it from hurting anyone else. 'Pietro! I was hoping you'd -' the colorless Quicksilver remarks as Pietro speeds towards him – then puts his hand on the colorless Quicksilver's shoulder. 'Wait, what are you – don't touch me!' the colorless Quicksilver exclaims, trying to brush Pietro away. It's hard, isn't it? Living in this world. Getting through each day. It is just so. Damn. Difficult'. Pietro tells his other self that they have been hurt so much, and that he knows where this other Quicksilver comes from – he understands.
'But you don't belong here. You have to go' Pietro tells his other self. 'Go? But Pietro... I can't go – I'm a part of you -' the colorless Quicksilver replies, as he begins to dissolve, while Pietro looks at him calmly, until his other self vanishes completely.
'Pietro! You're alive!' Wanda Maximoff the Scarlet Witch exclaims as she, Captain America, Iron Man and Doctor Voodoo rush towards Pietro. 'Wanda? Am I really free?' Pietro responds. Cap looks at Pietro and tells him that Wanda explained the situation as best she could, and that they are glad he is back. 'She didn't explain much. What the hell happened here, Pietro?' Iron Man asks. Cap tells Iron Man that they can sort this out later, but right now, Quicksilver has earned some rest. Quicksilver looks at the Avengers and, calling them friends, tells them that he is sorry about so much.
'Sorry? I caught a glimpse of what was happening in that in-between world. You saved our lives, Pietro' Doctor Voodoo points out, putting a hand on Pietro's shoulder. Pietro looks at Doctor Voodoo and thanks him. Edwin Jarvis approaches Quicksilver and tells him that it is good to have him back. 'I believe this is yours' Jarvis adds, handing Pietro the turtle he rescued called Mister Dibbles. Jarvis assures Pietro that he has kept him fed, and remarks that he is quite the spirited little fellow. 'Mister Dibbles! Have you been a good boy while I've been gone? Have you been helpful to Jarvis?' Pietro smiles, but Mister Dibbles just hisses in response. 'You... you do realize the turtle can't talk, Sir?' Jarvis asks. Cap smiles and suggests they get Quicksilver a solid meal and some shuteye, then he will feel like himself again after forty winks.
Late that night, Quicksilver lies on his bed in Avengers Mansion. He thinks that his double is gone, he is exhausted and should get some sleep – but sleep won't come. So he walks the halls of the closest thing he has to a home – it feels good to walk, to watch time pass. 'You couldn't sleep, either, huh?' a voice asks. Pietro looks down the corridor to see Wanda, and tells his sister that he is just agitated – this thing, being trapped, it got to him, and he keeps closing his eyes and seeing gray. Wanda promises her brother that it will get better, and reveals that she keeps dreaming about their Mama and Papa. 'Something about this night...it wasn't made for rest' she remarks, and Pietro agrees. Wanda then points out that it may be three in the morning, but the diner they used to go to on 68th is still open – and they still have those milkshakes. 'You're a genius' Pietro smiles.
Shortly, Wanda and Pietro smile at each other from across the table at the diner, while Mister Dibbles sits on the table. Pietro thinks that he is the fastest man in the world, but he has learned that he can't outrun the things he has done – he has learned that he has to face them – good and bad, and that the only way to do that... is to slow down!


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Sense Memory (first story)
 Unconfirmed Kill (second story)
 Modern Primitive (fourth story)
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Present:
‘You ever hear of sense memory?’ Wolverine a.k.a. Logan asks. ‘They say that when you smell something… the sensation’s about a thousand times stronger than your proper memory’. He is on a beach, resting on his knees by the water, a man crouched beside him in handcuffs. ‘For me…hell, that’s probably about as true a statement as I ever heard. Time was, I’d forgotten more than a regular person could ever hope to remember’ Wolverine explains. ‘Like this place. What is means to me. Like you and me. Like what you did’ Wolverine adds as they sit on the beach of the small island, a building can be seen in the distance. ‘Course, sense memory being what it is, and you doing what you did… I could never really forget’ Wolverine declares.
Flashback:
‘I hate pirates’ Logan snarls on a small freighter boat. One of the pirates shoves the end of his rifle into Logan’s face. Logan grabs the rifle off him, then throws the man down. Logan lunges towards the others, who raise the swords and other weapons towards him. One of the pirates has a prosthetic arm. ‘All right…everybody back off’ Logan instructs the pirates. ‘Shoot him! Kill him now!’ the one with the prosthetic arm declares in their native tongue, and so one starts to fire their weapon. Bullets strike Logan in his stomach and chest, and he falls off the boat into the water. ‘Keep firing!’ the pirate calls out, so Logan tries to get deeper into the water, as more bullets strike him.
The pirates have taken over Japanese war boats, turned them all into modern day pirate ships, terrorizing his adoptive hometown, Madripoor, so he has set out to try and put an end to them. Best laid plans though…and Logan is left to drown as the pirates take off. Logan doesn’t know if he understands why he isn’t dead. He knew he was damn near impossible to kill - but still, that was a bit much. He washes up on shore, ‘There’s a man there…’ one of the locals calls out as two walk along the shore. ‘Leave him, Chin-Mae… he reeks of trouble’ the second declares. But Chin-Mae rushes over, ‘Sir?’ he calls out, cautiously reaching down to Logan, who looks up and grabs Chin-Mae’s wrist. ‘Father…?’ Logan utters, before collapsing.
Later, night has fallen, and Logan is inside a wooden home, laid to bed, a woman puts a wet cloth on his face. Logan stirs, ‘Where…’ he utters, while the woman calls out to Chin-Mae, ‘He’s waking…’ she announces in her native tongue. ‘You’re… Korean… where am I…?’ Logan asks. ‘Come quickly’ the woman declares. Chin-Mae kneels before Logan and informs him that he and Duck-Hwan found him on the beach, that he had washed up. ‘Thank you…’ Wolverine replies, before Chin-Mae introduces himself, and his wife, Byung-Soon, and explains that Duck-Hwan is their hired hand. Duck Hwan looks at Wolverine, holding a cup of warm food.
They all gather around a small table in the middle of the living area, and Chin-Mae informs Logan that their boy, Dong-Sun was taken by the ocean, and that his last word was “father”. ‘I…’ Logan begins, to which Duck-Hwan explains that Chin-Mae thinks Logan is the reincarnation of his son. ‘You speak English?’ Logan asks. ‘Yes, you never know when it will come in useful’ Duck-Hwan replies, a bucket of fish at his side, he starts to cut some of them up. ‘What lies are you telling?’ Byung-Soon asks. Wolverine drinks the rest of the liquid in the bowl he was eating from and replies ‘No lies from him, ma’am. I don’t want to be any trouble…and I’d like to repay you for your kindness’. ‘You speak Korean?’ Duck-Hwan asks, surprised as Logan replies to Byung-Soon in her native tongue. ‘Never know when it might come in useful, right?’ Logan smiles. Chin-Mae informs Logan that if he iwshes to help, tomorrow he can come with them to fish, as the weather changes soon, and this will likely be their last big haul. ‘Now we have your extra hands’ he points out, and Byung-Soon declares that they will be most grateful.
Present:
The man beside Wolverine on the beach starts crying. ‘Look, you gotta stop the crying. I get it… you don’t want to die. But you didn’t seem to care much back then, so don’t act all teary and whiney now. Besides…we got digging today’. Logan then tosses a shovel at the man’s feet and remarks ‘Now where was I…’ as he continues his story:
Flashback:
‘Every morning… before we fish, we give thanks’ Chin-Mae explains, his arms open out over the water, where he, Logan and Duck-Hwan stand. ‘Thanks to the oceans for giving us fish, thanks to the fish for giving us food, thanks to those that watch over us and for those who stand next to us’. Chin-Mae looks at Logan, ‘That means you’ he tells him. Logan frowns, while Duck-Hwan looks away. They stare out over the ocean some more, and Wolverine smiles - it does feel nice to be part of something, other than killing.
Soon, the three each have a side of a net and are in the water. ‘That’s it, Logan! You’re almost as good as my boy!’ Chin-Mae exclaims. ‘Heh’ Logan replies, while Duck-Hwan reports that they have never had a day like this before. ‘The fish heard our prayer, Duck-Hwan’ Chin-Mae explains, as gulls hover overhead, wanting the fish for themselves. Duck-Hwan tells Logan to be careful, as his line is tangling at the end. ‘Right, right…’ Logan replies, before asking Duck-Hwan where he learned English. Duck-Hwan reports that he went to university on the mainland. ‘Oh wow…’ Logan utters as a large fish tries to leap out of the net. Not wanting to get analytical, this is probably one of the top five happiest moments in Logan’s life - and that is saying something. He, Chin-Mae and Duck-Hwan drag the net out of the water, loaded with fish.
As they reach the beach, they see a man in a suit standing nearby. ‘Mr Ho’ the man calls out, holding a satchel. ‘Always at the worst time…’ Chin-Mae remarks, before telling Logan and Duck-Hwan to keep it up, as he has to talk to the man. Back in the water, Logan asks ‘Who’s that?’, to which Duck-Hwan informs Logan that it is Chul-Moo, a “land baron”, who has been trying to buy up all this land for months now. ‘For what?’ Logan asks. Duck-Hwan explains that he wants to put in a beachfront hotel. ‘I told Chin-Maw to sell, to take the money and go. But he doesn’t listen. He has more dignity than sense, sometimes’.
Suddenly:‘Hey!’ a voice cries out on the beach. ‘Get your hands off of me!’ Chin-Mae declares as he Chul-Moo tries to grab him. Chin-Mae shoves his fist into Chul-Moo’s face, but Chul-Moo forces Chin-Mae to the ground. ‘Not again…you see, Logan? He’s - Logan?’ Duck-Hwan calls out, but Logan is already running towards the shore. He leaps towards Chul-Moo, pushing him away from Chin-Mae, thinking that he is taking care of it, showing that Chin-Mae is not to be bullied. But Chin-Mae looks shocked, and tells Logan to stop.
Present:
‘But it was a mistake, I guess I underestimated all of you’ Wolverine remarks to the man who is waist-deep in a hole that he is digging. ‘Another mistake’ Logan realizes.
Flashback:
Logan is sitting on the beach. He suddenly picks up a strange smell. ‘No’ he utters, before running through the forest towards Chin-Mae’s home. The pirates have returned, and stand ready with their weapons. ‘NO!’ Logan roars as he sees Chin-Mae’s home on fire. He finds his friend, lying on the ground and picks him up, ‘Who did this…was it Chul-Moo? Who?’ Logan enquires. But Chin-Mae passes away, unable to give a response. ‘No’ Logan gasps, while suddenly, ‘Please let me go!’ a voice calls out. In amongst the smoke and flames billowing around, Logan looks up in the direction the voice was coming from. He rushes through more forest, and finds several thugs standing over Byung-Soon. Blood trickles from her mouth. ‘GRAAR!’ Logan roars, lunging at the man who on top of her. He starts attacking them all, punching them, and breaking one of their necks.
Suddenly, a gun is fired, and Logan turns to see Chul-Moo, one of his arms in a sling, aiming the gun at him. ‘Now. Let’s just all calm down’ he suggests. Wolverine responds by telling the men that if they want to live, they should leave now. ‘Otherwise, stay. I’m not known for offering twice’ ‘He’s just one man…’ Chul-Moo tells his thugs, still aiming his weapon towards Logan. Some monkeys scamper through the trees above, while the thugs start to run. ‘I’ll shoot, God help me, I’ll shoot’ Chul-Moo calls out. ‘Be my guest’ Logan tells him. ‘Die, you motherless son of a whore!’ Chil-Moo shouts, pulling the trigger on his weapon. ‘Ain’t good enough, bub’ Logan snarls, the bullet striking his chest. Chul-Moo fires again, but still Logan does not fall. ‘What kind of monster are you?’ Chul-Moo asks. Logan glares back at Chil-Moo, who then shouts ‘NOOOO!’ which can be heardall across the island.
Logan picks up Byung-Soon’s body and walks out of the jungle. Chin-Mae’s home still ablaze, he is then confronted by the pirates. ‘We heard there was a stranger hanging around…a little short ugly guy with stupid hair and the manners of a dog’ the one with the prosthetic arm announces, adding that they thought they would come and visit. Logan holds Byung-Soon’s body still, and frowns, before asking the pirates if they had anything to do with this. ‘No’ the one with the prosthetic replies. ‘Good’ Logan replies. ‘Is she -’ the pirate starts to ask, before laying Byung-Soon down beside Chin-Mae. ‘Yeah. Let’s do this’ Wolverine declares.
And so it goes, he beats on the pirates for a while, until they manage to subdue him. They drag him off and he tears them a few new ones, and they never sail again - but that’s not really the story here, is it - there is something else.
Present:
‘Maybe you can fill me in…Duck-Hwan. How’s about I play priest to your pleading, kneeling, supplicating ass?’ Logan suggests, standing over the old Duck-Hwan who is in the hole. Duck-Hwan glances up at Wolverine.
Flashback:
‘I can help you get what you want’ Duck-Hwan tells Chul-Moo inside a bar, where sailors and soldiers are enjoying the company of women. ‘I’ll make sure that Logan is away so you may speak with Chin-Mae man-to-man’ Duck-Hwan assures Chul-Moo, who asks Duck-Hwan what he wants in return. Duck-Hwan announces that what he wants is some land of his own, a step up. ‘Now, I would bet your master doesn’t know you’re here’ Chul-Moo remarks, his arm in a sling after the encounter with Logan on the beach. ‘He’s not my “Master”. He’s my employer’ Duck-Hwan corrects Chul-Moo, adding that Chin-Mae is also his friend. ‘Whatever the case, you’re not welcome here’ Chul-Moo responds. But Duck-Hwan tells him that he is here to negotiate. ‘I agree with you. This town needs to move forward…progress. Chin-Mae doesn’t understand that…he never will’. Chul-Moo knocks back his drink, as Duck-Hwan boasts that he can help Chin-Mae see the light.
Present:
‘Please, Logan…I didn’t think…’ the elderly Duck-Hwan calls out to Logan, who stares down at the narrow hole in the sound that Duck-Hwan has dug for himself. ‘No. You didn’t’ Logan responds. ‘I thought he only wanted to talk’ Duck-Hwan claims, recalling how he, Chin-Mae and Byung-Soon fled the fire. ‘It doesn’t matter. We all gotta tone for our sins’ Wolverine points out as he starts shoveling the sand. ‘We gotta settle up for what we’ve done’ Wolverine explains. ‘I made these people’s lives better. I gave them water and power… I built an economy in this place…education their children’ Duck-Hwan shouts in his defense. ‘And you? You brought pirates and death… you reek of death now, just like you did then’. Wolverine replies that he knows, and remarks that form what he has heard, Duck-Hwan lived out the rest of his life as an honorable and good man. ‘Maybe you redeemed yourself’ Wolverine supposes.
‘But not to me. You ruined this place for me. This land stinks of death. It stinks of the blood of Chin-Mae’s body. Of Byung-Soon’s tears. This place should smell like happiness for me. There’s not a lot of places in this world that have that going for it’ Wolverine declares. More sand is shoveled into the hole, and Wolverine remarks that he cane back here once, a few years back, only he went by another name then - wore an eye patch, talked like an old movie star. ‘Even then…my mind all mucked up, not able to remember a damn thing…this place smelled like home. Almost’. Wolverine kneels down on the beach, several feet back from Duck-Hwan, who is buried up to his head in the sand. ‘See, like I said… sense memory’s a lot stronger than memory-memory’ Logan remarks.
Logan announces that he has his memories back, and he remembers the size of his first pair of boots, just as well as he remembers what Duck-Hwan did fifty years ago. ‘Now I’m never going to be able to come here again’ Logan states. ‘Why?’ Duck-Hwan asks. ‘Because it’ll always smell like you’ Wolverine snarls. As the building in the background is revealed to be a large, fancy hotel, Wolverine points out that the tide is coming in, and suggests to Duck-Hwan that they just sit quietly for a moment, and think about what they have both done. The water moves closer and closer, until finally, Duck-Hwan’s head can no longer be seen, and the water laps at Wolverine’s knees as he stares out over the ocean, glistening under the night sky.
second story:
An island, somewhere. A HYDRA agent has been on the island for 364 days. Every single night for almost a year, he wakes up, eats the same meal, puts on the same uniform and takes his position. He knows there are others here, but he has never seen them - and doesn’t care to. For eight, he watches a four mile strip of the island. He maintains the perimeter, concealed at his position, weapon ready. His position is slightly below the complex on the island. His name is not important. He is the best there is at what he does - and what he does is kill people for HYDRA. The rifle in his hand makes a cracking sound as it fires a bullet into the air - striking a jet that flies over the island, causing it to explode and its remains crash into the water. He knows he has made 42 confirmed kills since he has been here, all by rifle, one bullet each. He decides that this one has the fanciest coffin by far.
Looking through his telescope, the HYDRA agent sees that the jet was a modified Blackbird. He supposes it could be a SHIELD jet, assumed that they had visible eye cloaking. He wonders if it might be AIM, but decides that the generally don’t build for style, and realizes that either way it is a good bit of entertainment for his last night here - 42 kills all clumped together - a whole lot of time with nothing to do but - ‘Look at this’ he thinks to himself, seeing a man on fire climbing out of the water. ‘That’s one lucky bastard. That’s a miracle right there, surviving a crash like that’ the HYDRA agent thinks to himself. He knows that ordinarily, this guy would get famous for surviving a crash like that - do the talk shows, write a book, get a movie made about his second chance at life. ‘This guy’s second chance at life is going to last about three seconds’. He cracks his rifle once more, and fires a bullet into the flaming man’s skull.
It was a head shot, which should switch him off like a light. The agent reloads his weapon then scans for more survivors. He doesn’t know what HYDRA is doing out here, nor does he care. He cares more about the money they are paying him for a year’s stay here. He recalls that in that year he has killed fishermen, spies, a lost tourist, fellow terrorists, a few seals - all unlucky enough to pass in front of his scope. ‘Whatever HYDRA’s building, seems a lot of people want - what the -?’ the agent thinks, going wide-eyed when he sees the man he just shot get to his feet then start running up the side of the island towards him. ‘Can’t be the same guy. It’s another survivor’ the agent tells himself. ‘That’s some luck’ he adds, before firing his rifle once more - two bullets straight into the mans heart and a lung. ‘Keep it interesting. He’s got about forty seconds to live’.
Addressing himself as “Position Seven”, the HYDRA agent radios base, requesting a cleaning crew. The base maintains radio silence, as they always do, but he knows a clean up crew will show up and take care of the mess, then disappear back into the base. He assumes that HYDRA is trying to take over the world, or destroy the worlds governments, something like that, and what they’re doing here is simply part of it. ‘Tonight’s the night, I guess. Their big plan’ he thinks to himself. He remembers that he is getting paid in Euros, so he supposes he shouldn’t plan on going back to - ‘That’s not possible. It’s him!’ the agent realizes when, through his telescope, he picks up the same man, moving once more. ‘This guy should be dead’ the agent tells himself, putting another bullet into his rifle. ‘There isn’t a body armor on the planet that could have stopped those bullets. Let him try a couple of these’ the agent remarks, before firing once more.
One bullet goes straight through the intruder’s neck, while the HYDRA agent recalls that he has been killing men his entire adult life, and a little before then. He has used his hands, knives, guns, explosives, and one time, even a hammer. And in his life, he has seen his fair share of strangeness - the human body is a hell of a thing. He has seen men walk away from wounds that should have killed them. He has seen men walking, scratching their exposed brains, trying to figure out what just happened, not realizing that they are already dead. Another bullet is fired, through the man’s stomach, while the HYDRA agent thinks ‘They finally drop, always the same expression in their eyes. The shock. No one ever thinks it’s going to happen to them’.
‘This guy’s no diff-’ the agent begins as he sees the man start to fall. ‘He’s no -’, but the agent is forced to fire again - in the kneecap, and yet, his foe continues to run forward, so he fires again, putting a bullet right in his mouth. ‘He’s dead’ the agent thinks, but the man continues to rush towards him. He fires another bullet, this time in his opponent’s eye socket. ‘No man can survive that’ the agent knows. But, he recalls that is what he said about the first bullet he put in his opponent’s head. ‘This is my last night here. Is this all in my head?’ he wonders. He tells himself that no one could have survived that crash - no one could have survived those wounds. ‘I’m the best here is at -’ the agent thinks to himself, when suddenly, there is a SNIKT behind him, and he sees three claws close to his face. ‘No…NO!’ the agent thinks, but his foe - none other than Wolverine - roars and lunges towards him. The agent fires bullet after bullet, before Wolverine shoves his claws into him.
Bloodied and covered in bullet holes, Wolverine picks up the agent’s rifle, as the moon shines down over him. ‘My name is Wolverine…I’m the best there is at what I do. But this ***hole was pretty damn good’ Logan admits, as he turns and continues on his mission towards the HYDRA complex behind him.
fourth story:
‘The look on Sauron’s chicken-face when I shredded his left wing, was almost worth the fall. Well, actually… the fall wasn’t all that bad. Payback was in the landing’ Wolverine thinks to himself as he falls through the air towards a small island seemingly in the middle of nowhere. He lands in the water just off the island and plunges deep.
Lightning crackles in the sky five days later. The X-Men haven’t come looking for him. He crouches in a cave to hide from the weather. A wild pig dead at his feet. One thing Wolverine can’t stand is being watched while he eats, but looking across from him, he sees several primates watching him. ‘Cantankerous, carnivorous hair-balls’ he thinks to himself. ‘Sounds familiar’ Wolverine decides as he shoves some more meat into his mouth, causing one of the primates to bare its teeth at him.
Two more days of big fat nothing, as Logan looks out over the edge of the island. He decides he could get used to it - but sniffs the air, and spinning around, sees that the primates are standing behind him. ‘The Fantastic… Five?’ Wolverine realizes, as he sees one more than there was before. He knows that the new one is different, has intent - which it makes clear, as the huge primate roars and lunges at Wolverine.
Logan slices the huge primate’s side, but it continues its attack, and Logan cries out in pain as the large primate bites down on his right shoulder - tearing away all of the flesh and muscle from his upper arm. ‘Feels worse than it looks’ Logan thinks to himself, before deciding ‘Okay, primate… bow you went and pissed me off’. Wolverine leaps into the air so that he reaches the primates face, and slashes the large creature with his claws.
Logan lands back down on the ground, and grins at the creature, who seems unable to continue its attack. Wolverine leaps towards it once more, and continues a frenzied attack with his claws, slicing the large primate into, what he calls, monkey-chow. Suddenly, a hand reaches out to Wolverine. ‘Huh?’ Logan thinks to himself as he sees the other four primates sitting beside him. One of them is pointing at Logan. ‘Oh, no way! I am not going to be your…’ he begins, before realizing that the primate was actually pointing into the air. They look up at a jet which has descended, and Nightcrawler can be seen in the jet.
‘Leave it to Kurt to come lookin’ for his good old pal… seven #$%! Days later!’ Wolverine thinks to himself, before deciding that this is goodbye. But, looking down at the primates, has seconds thoughts: ‘Pack your bananas, boys… you’ve just been recruited’.


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The X-Men have crashed into the office of Paul-Phillip and demand that he hands them over a disc he has liberated from Alchemax. He doesn’t like their arrogant attitude and refuses to hand it over. Bloodhawk gets mad and leaps onto Paul-Phillip. He says that Meanstreak’s friend Jordan Boone, who has disappeared, compiled the data on the disc and as they need the disc he tries to grab Paul-Phillip by the throat. Yet the human blocks the attack and then takes off his suit, much to Bloodhawk’s surprise. Paul-Phillip explains that he has ruined too many of his clothes during transformation, and then changes into Ravage. He tells the X-Men that if they really want a fight they can get one.
Bloodhawk finds the offer tempting but refuses, a fight would not help them achieve his real goal: the bringing down of the ecological nightmare Valhalla. Ravage agrees that Valhalla needs to fall and tempers calm down as they realize that they are all on the same side. The X-Men and Ravage tell each other what little they know about Jordan Boone, the disc and Valhalla and decide that to get any answers they need to go to the floating city themselves. The four heroes board a jet. Along the way they discuss how to handle the city. To simply crash it down is out of the question as the impact’s consequences would be devastating. Ravage knows of a better option, they have to replace the city’s long wave generators. Ravage reveals he has an uneasy ally named Doom, and together with him he is sure that the threat can be neutralized. Meanstreak is not happy with having to follow the lead of somebody the X-Men do not know, and he starts another argument with Ravage. Yet this time Bloodhawk is the voice of reason and he and Krystalin make the two hotheads concentrate on the task at hand.
As they approach Valhalla, the craft is recognized by the security staff of Alchemax. Once they are sure that these are not the official Valhalla heroes they attack. While the X-Men battle the guards, Ravage grabs himself one of their hoverbikes. He is not used to fighting among a team, so flies ahead to meet up with Doom. On Valhalla, Ravage is met with more resistance, but he smashes through them and flies into the corridors between the many complexes of the floating city. There, Heimdall discovers him and readies himself to fight his new opponent.
Down below in New York, the Punisher is pointing his gun at Spider-Man. He says that he saw Spider-Man fighting Thor, and also that apparently there is something odd going on on Valhalla. Spider-Man assures him that they are both on the same side: against Alchemax, against Valhalla and the so-called Aesir. The Punisher then takes his new ally to a flycycle, so that they can get up to the floating city. Spider-Man asks if he has a plan, and the Punisher announces his brilliant strategy: “What I always do ... kick butt.“
Up above, Heimdall leaps onto Ravage and threatens the “sullying Beast“ for entering the sacred city. Ravage however points out that it is actually the floating city that causes pollution and other ecological damage. A fight starts. Heimdall destroys Ravage’s hoverbike with his sword. Ravage jumps onto Heimdall and knocks him out with a head to head slam. Both crash down to the floor, and get up slowly. Ravage sees Bloodhawk approaching from behind and tries to keep Heimdall distracted, yet to no avail. Heimdall senses the enemy and hits him in the head with the broadside of his weapon.
Meanstreak and Krystalin arrive on the scene. Krys states that as a kid she believed in the Norse gods and Heimdall, but this certainly is not the legendary god. Heimdall is not surprised by the X-Men’s arrival, in fact he mentions that Loki warned him that they would come looking for him. While the X-Men wonder how the Aesir knew of their quest and what has become of Jordan Boone, Loki is spying on them through a video monitor.
Ravage decides to let the X-Men handle Heimdall and slips away in the confusion of the battle to meet Doom. However he doesn’t get very far, as suddenly his back is pierced with a trident. Ravage turns around to see Hela looming over him, another one of the so-called Aesir. Hela says she knows of Ravage’s remarkable healing powers, yet he won’t be able to regenerate when she cuts him to pieces. To back up her claim she cuts through solid steel. Ravage decides to take the battle to her, as he is bigger, harder and faster. Although he hates hitting a lady, he punches her in the face, and Hela falls.
Apparently the blow shocked her back to her senses, as she no longer behaves like the Goddess of Death. Instead she addresses Ravage by his real name and asks how he could hit her. Ravage realizes that it is his friend Tiana, who has been transformed into Hela. He tends to her, but Hela grabs her trident and this time uses it to slice across his chest. The battle starts again, and Ravage forces himself to not see her as the weak woman he knew but a deadly opponent. Still, he tries to talk some sense into her, but Hela doesn’t want to be called Tiana. She no longer is the secretary that fawned Paul-Phillip’s every word. Ravage brings up the good qualities of her former self, that she was sensitive, intelligent, and kind, but Hela doesn’t want to listen. Ravage goes on, telling her that she is being used, and that the floating city causes environmental damage that will kill millions of people, but she refuses to believe his “lies“.  Ravage understands that for Hela it is a personal thing, and she won’t listen to reason. He tells her that to prove his point, he is willing to die, and ceases to fight.
Hela grabs her trident, takes aim and then rams it... into the floor a few inches before Ravage. She is impressed by his willingness to die, just to prove his point. Tiana bursts into tears. She admits that she hasn’t thought it through at all. They hug and Ravage offers to help her, but suddenly she turns away. Tiana says that she does not even trust herself, so why should she trust him. She needs time alone and flies away. Ravage tries to stop her, but it is too late. Ravage finds a woman’s heart much more frightening than Alchemax, the villains and the flying city put together. This reminds him of his mission.