The Pit was silent now. The air still held the smell of blood and sweat.
Callisto stood bruised and battered. Slightly panting, but not out of it. She had yielded, and with it, so had the Morlocks. One by one, heads bowed in the flickering torchlight. Some out of resapect. Others out of fear. But all acknowledged what had just occurred.
Now I had transformed from a complete stranger to their Leader.
"Is there a someone with healing powers among us?"
Callisto gave me a sharp nod and motioned for a Morlocks to approach. Then a figure slipped from the shadows and approached us. He was a gaunt figure with glowing blue fingers and hollow cheeks. If I was not wrong then it must be Healer.
"He is Healer." Callisto informed me. "He is the only one with healing ability among us."
"Help them," I said, gesturing to Feral and Thornn. "And her."
Healer didn't question. He knelt beside the unconscious sisters, laying both palms on their chests. Faint waves of pale blue light washed over their wounds, knitting torn muscle, sealing blood vessels. Groans escaped their throats as their eyes fluttered open.
Then he moved to Callisto, who—despite herself—grunted in pain as his fingers touched her cracked ribs and fractured arm. She didn't flinch. That earned more respect from me than words ever could.
I stepped closer to Healer, eyes narrowing as the familiar flicker of my Copy System activated.
[Copy Active]
[DNA sample detected.]
[Target: Healer]
[X-Gene Detected]
[Abilities Found:: Biological Energy Transference (Regeneration Induction)]
[Conditions: Powerful Body(fulfilled)]
[ETA: 1 Month]
[Note: System Filtered the deformities or any unwanted changes to the body. Abilities power slightly reduced]
Healer's gift was extraordinary. The power to heal is one of the most powerful supportive skill for survival.
"Healer how does your power work?" I asked Healer seriously.
"Leader. I possess the ability to tap into the specific gene that causes superhuman mutations, directing the energy those cells produce into rapidly healing their owner's body from wounds or diseases. Healing particularly severe damage to another person's body."
"But this causes me great physical strain. My ability cannot affect normal humans, only active mutants. But due to these powers as you can see my hands glow permanently and because of these surface people rejected me. Even after I tried to hide them with gloves the glow escaped from those gloves and I had to remove them because many people thought I was some terrorist."
"Hmm. Don't worry soon you will not have to worry about these things. I will make sure every single on of you get's there rightful place."
Healer nodded at me. But it was clear from his eyes that he did not have much hope left in him. Or maybe he was tired from healing.
Callisto stepped forward and gestured for me to take center stage.
"Leader," she said, " I will introduce everyone."
I nodded as she began listing names as the Morlocks stepped forward in turn.
Unfortunately Caliban was not here.
First: Masque the repulsive-looking mutant is ironically gifted with the ability to shape other people's appearance. And from what I remember he is a hidden time bomb. Most of the Morlocks were resentful but at least had good intentions but Masque always had vile intentions.
Masque was the most resentful of all Morlocks due to his ability to sculpt anyone's appearance but his own. Unable to affect his own hideous face, he grew to obsessively loathe beauty in every form.
And because of this he was the only Morlock I wanted to kill. But I could not do it now. Or it will ruin my image as the Leader of Morlocks.
I will kill him in the future and that's for sure. Because he was inherently evil. But right now I had more important things to do.
[Target: Masque]
[X-Gene Detected]
[Abilities Found:: Physiognomic Reshaping, Self-Body Rearrangement (Not Awakened)]
[Conditions: Powerful Body(fulfilled)]
[ETA: 1 Year]
[Note: System Filtered the deformities or any unwanted changes to the body. Abilities power slightly reduced. Also the power not awakened can be copied and User can use it freely without any problem.]
I could only imagine how powerful this power would be when merged with Mystique's power.
Then: Sunder
His body was massive, easily seven feet tall, layered in thick, uneven slabs of muscle. Not the sculpted kind you'd find on bodybuilders, but more like Kingpins but without symmetry. His shoulders hunched forward unnaturally, forcing his head to jut out like a battering ram. Thick veins pulsed beneath his skin.
His face was a wreckage of asymmetry—one brow bone extended farther than the other, and his jaw looked as if it had fused slightly askew.
It was all due to his powers and also the reason of his rejection by society.
[Target: Mark Hallett (Sunder) ]
[X-Gene Detected]
[Ability Found:: Superhuman Strength, Stamina, Durability and Peak Human Speed]
[Conditions: Powerful Senses and Body(fulfilled)]
[ETA: 6 Months]
Then: Bouncer
Bouncer was leaner, wiry in build, but something about him looked perpetually… off. Like he existed slightly out of sync with reality. His skin shimmered faintly, especially at the edges of his form, where his silhouette occasionally flickered as if phasing between frames of film.
Parts of his body occasionally shimmered translucent when he got agitated, revealing flashes of organs and bone before snapping back into coherence.
Once again it was related to his powers.
[Target: Bouncer]
[X-Gene Detected]
[Ability Found:: Teleportation]
[Conditions: Powerful Senses and Body(fulfilled)]
[ETA: 9 Months]
Next: Ash, Berzerker, Blow-Hard, Brute, Chicken Wings, Cybelle, Grimlock, Hump, Lightning Bug, and several unnamed others.. Each unique. Each unstable. I copied what was useful.
The side effects—exposed bone, grotesque musculature, misshapen features—were suppressed, stripped from the copied DNA by my System. Yes, the raw output dipped slightly, but stability mattered more than extremes.
They were now mine and all these abilities centered on one person makes me versatile and will help me survive any situation which may arise. After all this is Marvel Universe and these kind of situations are bound to happen.
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