Volume 5: The Young Wolf Seeks Home Chapter 51 This is probably the fate of being a self-destructive captain (sad)
Mason returned to the Weapon X project base again.
He held the purple power gem in his hand, followed by the staggering Logan behind him. After the fire of power was recycled into the uncontrolled raw stone, he was extremely miserable and began to heal quickly.
This immortal body is really enviable. The ultimate self-healing ability that even the Infinity Gems cannot kill him makes Logan Hautley truly a "perfect creature" in the true sense.
The old wolf was dragging a chain behind him, at the end of which was a red skull whose limbs had been cut off but who was still roaring and howling wildly.
The latter realized that his secret evil plan had been discovered by Mason, which made the doomsday president almost crazy.
He cursed Mason and provoked Logan.
The swear words were so ugly that it really made people sigh at the low quality of the Hydra commander. Being led by such a bastard, it is no wonder that Hydra's development has been repeatedly frustrated.
"This Red Skull is a member of your organization. Will killing him have any impact on you?"
Logan was not provoked by the Red Skull's foul language. He said in a hoarse voice:
"I actually don't mind letting this scumbag suffer a little longer."
“No need. The Star Society has many factions, and the Red Skull himself is an abandoned wretch. He was not placed in this world to be a hero who controls one side, Logan.
Even his evil companions who had done bad things with him were wary of the Red Skull's madness and ambition, so they put him under house arrest in this wasteland in disguise.
He's just a pathetic bastard who was used and then thrown away."
At this point, Mason glanced at the silent Red Skull and said sarcastically:
"It's like a used condom, thrown into the garbage dump and waiting to rot."
"Are all the young people in the Star Club speaking so venomously now?"
The Doomsday President, whose plans were exposed, said in a hoarse voice:
"But what does it matter if you know? As long as I die, the Crazy Attack will be born! Charles Xavier hopes to keep this secret, but power will always find a way!
This is a dead end with no solution, Mason Cooper.
You can't stop a stronger me from emerging."
"Then I can only say that your imagination is still a little lacking. Perhaps you have been in prison for too long and your brain is not working well enough."
Mason scoffs at this argument.
He and Logan passed through the main control room of the Weapon X project. Old Wolf looked silently at the biological capsules displayed below and the Hydra soldiers being bred in them.
He clenched his fists, the power of anger surging, and he wanted to destroy this nest of evil immediately, but then a more tragic emotion was born in his mind.
They were fooled after all.
The Weapon X project and even all the preparations made by all the heroes seventeen years ago to fight against Doomsday were all unwarranted actions carried out under the guidance of someone with ulterior motives.
The whole world has become a tool in the hands of conspirators.
Even the world itself is used as the "world factory" to support the growth of dark forces.
Their resistance and hope, their persistence and suffering, were ultimately proven to be meaningless acts.
"That's why I chose to fight them, Logan."
Mason sensed the old wolf's emotions that erupted in silence, and he whispered:
“They not only plundered the resources of the entire parallel world system, but also wantonly spread despair with their insatiable greed, squandering the suffering of others as nutrients for their own growth.
This goes beyond the definition of evil.
They are a disease that must be destroyed! They are the cancer that has grown out of this dark age. Everything I have seen in my ruined hometown has only made me more determined, and will also make our fellow travelers more determined. "
When he finished speaking, the area in front of him where Mason's awakening cabin was located quietly opened, and an Atlantis-style biological energy cabin was placed here.
A faint blue arc of light appeared in the darkness, and the energy was connected to the Weapon X project base to allow the biological energy cabin to continue to operate.
Mason walked forward and motioned for Logan to come over and take a look.
The old wolf dropped the chain in his hand and walked forward, and was shocked at the first sight.
The condition of Captain Atom preserved in the energy chamber was much worse than when Mason found him. Before, only his limbs were chaotically transforming at the material and energy levels, but now his entire body was in a "quantum state" of superposition of existence and disappearance.
Only a blue-skinned head remained intact.
"Adam, are you okay?"
Mason knocked on the lid of the energy cabin and asked softly:
"It's me, Mason."
"I can hear you, so don't hit this already fragile glass, lest you break it and unleash the energy I can't control, blowing both you and me to ash."
A weak and painful voice rang out from the bio-energy chamber, with a hint of ridicule, fully proving the good character of the unfortunate person who was made into a weapon.
Captain Atom opened his eyes in the energy chamber.
Because of the excessive intake of uncontrollable energy, his pupils turned pale, dotted with scattered light. He looked at Mason, then at Logan, and then said with a hint of relief and helplessness:
"So, it's time, right?"
"Feel sorry."
Mason whispered:
"Dr. Otto, Norman, and Professor Stein have tried their best, but we cannot convert you from a quantum state back into a physical body.
The crude experiments the Atlanteans performed on you completely destabilized you."
"It's okay, no need to apologize, Mason."
Atomic Captain Nathaniel Adam shook his head. As his body continued to transform into a strange form, he whispered in a voice that reverberated with energy:
“When I was captured by the Atlanteans, I knew what they planned to do with me. My only regret is that I was not strong enough to escape the shackles of fate.
I experienced nightmare after nightmare in my chaotic slumber, and in every case I was made into a weapon to destroy the world I loved.
That was the most horrible and saddest ending I could imagine.
But when I woke up, what I saw was not a broken world, Mason, I heard from Lex Luthor about the help Team K provided to the world.
I also saw with my own eyes the glorious transfer gate displayed on the world, transferring the civilization that was heading for destruction to other worlds so that the people I had spent my life protecting could continue to exist.
It was you who helped me escape from the nightmare, and it was you who helped me fulfill my responsibilities.
I was able to die with a smile on my face, no longer filled with hatred for others.
Not to mention that you gave me a chance to realize my own value... Haha, although my ultimate value still has to be used to destroy a world, it really makes people feel an ironic fate. "
He smiled, then turned his gaze to the silent old wolf and said:
“Logan Hautley, I have just learned of what has happened to you through the database connection with this base, and I am deeply saddened by what has happened to your world.
But Mason made the right decision.
For such a tragic fate, the most decent thing to do is to give this post-apocalyptic world some relief. My final explosion will bury everything here.
Like fireworks at a funeral...
Here is honor, here is meanness, here is despair, here is greatness.
I am honored to use my death to preserve the last bit of dignity for your troubled hometown. I also know your decision. You will stay here and accompany me to the end, right? "
"Um."
Old Wolf already knew Mason's plan from Captain Atom's description.
He was deeply relieved and had no resistance. He stood up straight, bowed respectfully to Nathaniel Adam in the bio-energy cabin, and said:
"It is an honor to work with you, Your Excellency."
"You are just wishful thinking!"
The "human stick" Red Skull, who was also listening in on all this, felt a chill of a real crisis coming, and he screamed:
"An out-of-control super-powered atom man is indeed terrifying, but it is far from enough to truly destroy a world. You will blow the world to pieces, but the crazy attack can also survive in the fragmented star core.
Ha, you can’t kill me!”
"Well said!"
Mason pushed the frames of his glasses up on his nose.
He glanced at the Red Skull who was yelling and refusing to accept his fate, waved the box emitting a purple glow in his hand, and said softly:
"Then you might as well guess, Mr. Red Skull, what am I going to do by bringing this thing here?"
"No! You can't!"
As expected of a super villain who destroyed civilization, the Red Skull immediately realized Mason's idea and roared:
"That's the Infinity Stone! A wonder of the universe. Possessing it can instantly turn you into a god. You can't destroy it just to turn me into ashes.
You can use this to call the shots, but you want to degenerate yourself!
Don't do that!
Mason, you're being stupid!"
"god?"
Mason scoffed at this argument. He opened the access port of Captain Atom's energy cabin and carefully took out special tweezers to place the purple gem inside.
While saying:
"Come on, I have three 'Gods' as my teammates, and they all call me captain, and I have to worry about them. Whoever wants to be a 'God' can do it.
I don’t want it.”
"Buzz"
The moment the Power Stone was placed in the energy chamber, purple sparks resonated and burst out in Captain Atom's quantum body, and were absorbed by Adam with all his might.
In just a few seconds, his originally dark blue energy sparks completely transformed into a flame-like purple.
“What a powerful force.”
Captain Atom said in a hoarse voice:
"Give me twenty minutes, Mason. Just twenty minutes of absorption and I can guarantee that when I explode, this world will be crushed into the finest stardust.
I promise, nothing will remain!
Whether it is the factory of the evil Hydra police, or the mutant gene bank that is properly stored in a secret place, or a super villain with ulterior motives who wants to become the "evil god".
Well, this will be the most epic closing scene I could have imagined, and thank you for giving me the opportunity."
"Thanks, Adam."
Mason stood beside the energy chamber and said to the poor man who volunteered to die:
"I will bring your story back to Osborne Tower. I promise that your compatriots will know your great devotion and they will all sing your name..."
"No, let them forget me. A loser who almost destroyed the world is not worth remembering."
Captain Atom whispered:
"But if there must be a trade-off to make you feel comfortable with my sacrifice, then I want you to promise me one thing, Mason Cooper."
"you say."
Mason listened solemnly, and then heard the Atom Man in the bio-chamber whisper:
“Try to make it to the end.
If you believe that all this can still be saved, if you firmly believe that the dark times will eventually pass and the future will be full of light and hope, then go to the end.
Show me that new era...
I played a part in making it happen, didn’t I?”
"I promise!"
Mason took a deep breath.
He bowed to the bio-pod in front of him that was emitting purple light, and said:
"Even if death is inevitable, I will fall on the way forward."
"Well, it's time for you to leave!"
Old Wolf waited until Mason and Captain Atom finished their farewells, then he picked up a cigarette and pulled Red Skull's chains to tie the pathetic human stick to the purple energy cabin, ensuring that the bastard would feel the real touch of annihilation for the first time.
He said to Mason:
"Twenty minutes is enough time for you to leave, Mason. Let's go! Leave here with the last blessing this world has given you, and walk with your head held high!
Go ahead and do the great things you should do with an open mind, and I will ensure that this plan is carried out to the last step."
"Logan, you..."
Mason looked at the old wolf who had a determined look on his face.
He wanted to persuade him again, but Logan turned his back to him and took out the body bags brought out from the ruins of Xavier Institute one by one from his luggage and placed them around.
It's like placing tombstones.
He knew that this was the end that the old wolf had arranged for him. He chose this place as his grave, which in itself was a response to Mason's request to stay.
Facing such a stubborn bastard, any words from Mason seemed so redundant.
He sighed and said:
"Any words for Vanessa and the two children?"
"I said everything I needed to say on the way."
Logan paused, and said without turning his head:
"Just if possible, please teach my son well for me, don't let him follow my old path, and don't let him make the same irreparable mistakes as I did.
Do your best to protect your family and friends, and never swing your claws in the wrong direction.
That's it. "
"Um."
Mason threw out a pack of Silka cigarettes as a farewell gift, then walked into the darkness alone. A few minutes later, the door of the base was completely locked, making it quiet again.
Just like a sealed tomb, it is filled with coldness and fear.
"Logan, you know, you could actually leave with Mason."
Captain Atom waited until Logan had placed all the body bags next to him, then he said:
"You still have a chance to pay off the terrible guilt you feel in a better way than to stay here and die."
"I'm tired, Adam."
Logan stood up, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. He walked to the railing and looked at the biological cabins of the Hydra soldiers displayed in front of him, and responded casually:
“No matter how harsh fate is, it cannot require an old man who is hundreds of years old to embark on a difficult journey again... Look, my brothers and sisters are all here. This is my destination and my home.”
He blew out a smoke ring and looked at the body bags behind him. He seemed to see the former X-Men standing beside him, and standing at the front was himself seventeen years ago.
He grinned and stretched his body.
This was the first time I faced the torture from the past so calmly.
In the thick rising smoke, he said:
"Fuck atonement and the future. I'm tired and can't fight anymore. I'll leave the future to Mason and the others."
"Yeah, even though they always secretly call me 'Captain Suicide'..."
Adam in the energy cabin complained:
"But I know that they are all good people. It is always reassuring to entrust the future to such people. Alas, the uncontrollable self-explosion, explosion after explosion, always causes all kinds of trouble.
This is probably my destiny.
But who could have imagined that the journey to death would be so exciting, and that there would be two people accompanying me on the last journey.
Tsk, Red Skull, howl louder!
Haven't you eaten?
We are all dying, can you please be more supportive?
Logan, give him a kick and a knife, I want to hear him wail. "
"Okay."
