Earth had changed massively in the year that Freya had emerged from the shadows. Europe, much like a campfire, found its flame flickering furiously in the gale that was change. Mutants and Force-sensitives had begun fighting back against their draconian laws and institutions. Countless administration and government buildings had been burnt down to their foundations or simply had every member taken hostage, sans purposeful killing. Militaries were struggling to peacefully contain political turmoil as numerous political divisions were exposed to the world, much like a wound to the air. Politicians were recoiling across the globe as many felt that this could be a precursor to their own troubles.
France had already been overthrown by the people, a second French revolution so to speak. Democracy had been put on pause for the moment as the revolutionary government held talks with the mutant groups and force users. The only positive in the situation for the French people was the fact that electricity was still flowing, water was still being purified; run through the taps, and, that the food had thankfully started to emerge in their supermarkets once more. The revolution, all things considered, had been tame in comparison to the potential horror that could have occurred.
Unlike France, Germany had collapsed almost entirely. New groups formed around old political divisions. Communism, National Socialism and Fascism had gained massive traction. This of course caused the collapse of the government. Now the country was a cesspit of ideological competition and propaganda. Families had turned on eachother, sisters and brothers killing one another over differing views and beliefs. It was worse than pre-1936 Weimar in several ways; not that you could truly compare differing events to one another. The mutants and force users hadn't even formed their own ideology for the most part, all of them finding some connection in the already offered options.
This wasn't even mentioning Italy who had turned completely fascist once again. Hold overs from the second world war, followers of Mussolini and Hitler had quickly established control over the government and the military. Surprisingly the Italians were actually accepting of Mutants and Force Users within their country, the laws on powers being much tamer in comparison to the rest of the world; sans Australia. In the same way much of the Balkans and Eastern Europe followed in Italy's example, offering safe havens for the 'evolved' humans. There was racial hatred in those countries, sure, but they all understood the plights of being downtrodden and despised for their heritage and birth... It was something they could bond with the Mutants over.
Amidst all of this hubbub, where the UN had collapse, the EU broke apart and Government bodies fell, Australia stood tall against the oncoming winds. Under the leadership of Niccolo Machiavelli and a being who was trained to manage entire armies, Margulis, the country had prospered. The guiding hand of Freya was another checkmark to the country's stability as she provided an immense value for the country's continued survival and safety. And it was with this power and security that Australia had been able to aid SHIELD in securing the position of the United States of America and most of Asia.
Japan was a bustling, growing, nation once again with a large tourism sector that earned monumental profits. The USA, in much the same way, was thriving with the limited aid of Australia. The president, in an act of kindness, had used all of his political power to ensure the rights of all American citizens, which now included Mutants, Force Users and Inhumans. Niccolo had used this state of events to forge an alliance between the three countries. Had the UN still been in existence, or NATO come to that, the alliance would have been merely a political talking point or an exchange of resources and technologies. Now? Well, now it was exactly what it was entitled to be, an alliance. Trade between the three countries was monumental with Australia purchasing a massive amount of resources from the USA, allowing the super power to completely revamp its economy after the shut down of the global banking system as the world knew it.
Tourism and immigration between Australia and the USA was at an all time high with military cooperation being the word. Latveria and other smaller countries such as Singapore and Hongkong had been brought into the alliance in such a way that they could bring further countries in eventually. The unfortunate aspect of change globally was the fact that many countries that once existed were either destroyed, in the process of being destroyed or beginning to show the signs of wear and tear. India, China, Malaysia, Israel, Turkey and Egypt were all examples that could be used. India had gone back to the dark ages, their military attempting a coup that wound up feeding the flames of civil war. China had several rebellions that fractured each province with the military taking key parts in almost all of them. Malaysia followed China in rebellion except it was focussed on inequalities between social strata. Israel was currently divided between extremists of Judaism, the 'so called' left and right wing of politics... Jerusalem had once again been divided between Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Turkey and Egypt had turned insular and were purging their entire countries of Mutants and Force Users. They were perhaps the most radical against the evolved humans.
Many would consider the UK and South America fortunate as they had powerful allies to help them stabilize their economies from the rip cording of international trade. The Queen was certainly amassing a large amount of political power thanks to her friendship with Freya. This connection naturally serving to ensure that the USA traded with the UK on a permanent basis; alongside Australia who was still a little far away to have massive trade with. Oh, Russia was fine as well since it traded independently with a large amount of independent nations across its vast borders. In fact, the Russians were at an awesome surplus with their crops... So much so in fact that they were now trading with Japan from the Kamchatka peninsula.
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Niccolo rubbed his eyes as he watched another stack of paper plop onto his desk. He had been going over the state of the world for more than 48 hours now. He hadn't gotten any sleep and was thusly surviving on caffeine, supplied by his sexy cougar assistant who ensured he had coffee on his desk almost 24/7. She was a blessing from god without a doubt.
He pried his fingers from the edges of his brow before taking the first of many folders. This one spoke about the resource acquisition and identification from every state in Australia. From new gold deposits to uranium deposits the entire report essentially validated Freya's reason for choosing Australia as a base of operations. With these resources they could create droids unendingly and barely even feel a dent in the next thousand years. Signing the permits to create national mines he felt fortunate that this first folder had been simple.
The next followed the previous trend by outlining the progress on updating the national road network and other infrastructure. Water purification and sanitation was running at peak efficiency in many cities and states with Western Australia being the only one that was lagging behind; due to the desert and weather conditions. Electricity had already been solved with Freya having revealed Fusion Generator schematics to the engineers and scientists of Australia; based upon the engines of the Star Destroyer that currently hovered over Air's Rock. The name of the area was soon going to change to Fólkvangr as Freya recently decided to actually name the city properly instead of letting the citizens make up names... He sighed as he continued onwards, finishing the report with a smile on his lips. Everything was going to plan.
Hundreds of folders later he was falling asleep at his desk, the sun rising in the distance as he sat in the current capital of Australia. A cool breeze fluttered in and dragged him away to rest as his assistant slowly entered and placed his coffee on the table; grabbing a nearby blanket and adjusting his reclining chair so he was in a proper position. She slipped out soon after helping him and set back all of his meetings for the morning, he needed his sleep after all.
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Margulis was revelling in the fact that the judicial segment of the government was working like a well oiled machine. Incarceration of criminals was at exceptional levels and the total crime rate of the country was rapidly dropping. Police officers were becoming more respected as they became more competent. Leadership in local government was being threshed before gaining any political power. It was all going swimmingly.
Currently she was overseeing the parliament meeting in Canberra, the talking heads nattering at each other over the minutia of a ridiculous tax on cigarettes. It amused her to no end that these people were so, concerned, yes that was the right word... concerned, with the personal health of the people; not that they were as it was a scheme to bleed more money out of the poor. Margulis rolled her eyes as a senator from Queensland berated another from New South Wales, they were commenting on each other's decorum indirectly; talking at the speaker, which was her, instead of one another.
The argument ceased when a vote was called and it was defeated unanimously. She had to resist rolling her eyes as she watched the silly little men and women play their games as if they had any real power at all. Freya, her and Niccolo ran the government, not these people... Though they insisted that they must be seen to be doing things. Niccolo had agreed stating that it was a necessary evil if they wished not to be labelled tyrants or dictators.
Another sigh escaped her lips as she watched another argument spark up between the treasurer and the oppositions' leader. It was all theatre, as it was before, they were just better at it than the imbeciles that ran government before.
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Inside of SHIELD HQ Fury was relentlessly drumming his fingers across the desk, his singular eye watching combat footage between Captain America and a Hydra asset known as the Winter Soldier.
The footage was blurry and rattled side to side painfully but one could clearly see Roger's shield bounce off of a metal arm with a painted red star. The arm looked complex and had bands of metal that worked in a stripe pattern into his hand. A mask covered the man's face as he punched Rogers flat onto his ass, the man then running and jumping from roof top to roof top until he was so far away that you could only see the glint of moonlight from the metallic arm.
"Hydra is one son of a bitch... I hope Freya starts her part of the war soon."
The door to his office opened as Itachi walked in carrying several USB drives. It appears her staff were much more efficient than she was.
"Data you wished for." Itachi placed the info down on his desk before fading into a cloud of ravens that suddenly vanished into nothingness; he would never get over the antics and strange powers of these ninjas...
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Sebastian Shaw grimaced maliciously as he watched his fellow king and the two queens stand against his desire to challenge Freya. He had been planning for a long time, amassing influence and economic power alongside rare mutants, yet it had all fallen apart as of the last two days. Hydra had moved into his power bloc and was running roughshod over his businesses. As of yesterday he had lost two of his best mutants to a shock troop raid. They were using Sentinel program technology to deactivate the x-gene inside his men... He nearly shivered as the memory replayed itself. Only his luck saw him through as the soldiers were attacked by a crazy red haired witch with telekinetic powers, their spines literally tap-dancing out of their bodies whilst he had fled.
Now, well, now the other members of the American branch of the Hellfire club were denying him. They couldn't see the tree from the forest. Freya was politically strong and economically untouchable but she wasn't physically invulnerable. He needed to take a piece off of the board and she seemed much easier to assassinate than Hydra's leaders did. That wasn't even mentioning the existence of the Hand or the League of Assassins.
"Enough Shaw! You have drawn too much attention with your nattering and constant warfare against your opponents. Stark Industries, The Owls, The League of Assassins, The Hand, Yggdrasil Interactive and now Hydra!? Are you insane???"
Emma frost was a beautiful women, he could admit his salivation at her power and graciousness, but she was also a poisoned rose. Her intelligence was almost equal to his own and her economic power was unassailable to him. Politically speaking he could swat her like a fly but Frost Industries knew things that others could not, should not... After taking over from her father she had soared like a phoenix rising from its ashes.
He ignored the other inferior gnats, their human genetics irking him to no end. Emma had betrayed him, she had woven her way into the centre of his trust without seduction or even displays of affection and had become a parasite to mutant-kind. Oh, she was a mutant, but she shared none of his views it seemed... A fact he had learnt just a minute ago when she declared as such.
"No answers... Whatever. I vote to strip Shaw of his position as a king." The other members gasped before hurriedly debating with one another, their prattling grating on his already frayed nerves. Emma would pay for this, he would make certain of that.
In the end all of his former comrades voted for his exile and he was unceremoniously thrown onto his ass outside the club. He shouted to the universe in anger as the concrete cracked underneath his anger. The force was strong in him, it seemed...
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Peter Parker was having the time of his life sitting between his two girlfriends. His life was really strange of late and he couldn't help but thank whatever god existed above for his life... He groaned as he felt a kiss on the side of his neck...
"My life is the best...!" A giggle followed his proclamation as he was pressed into a two-way hug on Aunt May's couch, the new Transformers movie playing in the background, forgotten.
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