" Where am I?"
Arthur opened his eyes in an empty field, looking around himself with confusion. He didn't know what happened to him or where he was except recalling that Ravonna zapped him with the stick. He remembered that he figured out who was playing both agents and was preparing to tell Mobius but Ravonna backstabbed him.
" Well, that wasn't pleasant. I thought I was a goner."
Arthur dusted his clothes, searching for any landmark that could help him. He even tried to teleport to his universe but something was blocking his space power.
" Hey, you! What are you doing here?"
A voice came from behind him, prompting there was an individual who could bypass his sensing ability.
" Who are you?"
Arthur saw a young woman with red hair, dressed in rags with holes in it. She awfully looked familiar to him but he couldn't recall where he saw her.
" I am Hope Summers. Quickly, come here."
Arthur's eyes grew bigger at her remark, not knowing what to say except sighing with a helpless face. He understood he was in some sort of middle zone and something was going on here.
" Hope, did you find a person? Well, hello."
The young man shook Arthur's hands, dragging him to the vehicle while turning it on to run away from the incoming storm. The storm was filled with lightning and clouds, covering the entire area with pitch blackness.
" Damn it, it is closing on us."
The young man hit the pedal hard, trying to weave through the obstacles but the storm was right on their tails. The scream and sheer terror on their faces made Arthur frown with a serious face as he ripped the top of the car with his power.
Without thinking much, the wind pushed the storm back with a force that was so powerful, it made them jolt forward with great inertia.
" What the hell is happening?"
Hope's brain couldn't process what was happening before her because the power of the man whom she believed to be weak was beyond her imagination. He was able to push Alioth back to win time for them which was beyond most beings who lived here.
" Where is your home?"
Arthur asked with a calm face, activating his nano suit. He instantly scanned the surrounding terrain, finding multiple life signs but all of them were underground.
" There! That is the hatch to our base."
The young man stopped the vehicle, running toward the rusty hatch while opening it with his bare hands. The screeching sound of metal was annoying to Arthur but he didn't mind it.
" Get in."
They got into the humble attire, turning on the lights to show what they did to it. It was filled with various items across the times, showing how they carefully decorated the place.
" OK, Mister. How did you do that? Are you some kind of mutant?"
Hope asked Arthur with a curious face, thinking he was some sort of mutant.
" Not really. I am a collection of many beings. A human that was engineered to be beyond anything, ever-evolving."
Arthur often contemplated whether he was a human or not and this was the best answer he could give to them.
" Cool, you are one of a kind then. My name is James Rogers. As you can see I am a human."
James showed the star emblem on his chest, showing the hologram device which was embedded in his sleeves.
" So, you are the son of my friend. Tell me, girl, are you related to Scott Summers and Jean Grey?"
Arthur said with a smile, snapping his finger to create a chair from nothing. Then he conjured a table with various food and water on it.
" You are a mage? I thought all mages were hunted here because they are so rare to find. Also, my father's name is Steve Rogers."
James touched the food with curiosity, smelling the fresh smell of roasted meat. His saliva overflowed his mouth because he hadn't eaten real meat for a long time.
" Well, it is complicated. You could say that."
Hope twirled her hair with a nervous face, hiding the fact from Arthur because her father sternly failed to do so. She was told that her adoptive grandparents had many enemies.