DISCLAIMERS
I do not own the rights to any of the characters of the Marvel or DC universe. Any original characters referenced in this tale are my intellectual property (I think? copyright law is confusing :S)
I know and care little about the sexuality of any of the creators, actors, or characters involved in the Marvel/DC universe. Similarly, this story contains graphic descriptions of gay male sex. If that may offend you, I suggest looking elsewhere for entertainment. Otherwise enjoy some smut. The smut will be widespread and hopefully organic to character growth.
Partial credit goes to the story Mutation by Phoenixfire543 (on nifty) for inspiring me to write my own variation on the whole superhero genre. His protagonist inspired mine power wise, though mine varies a lot in temperament and disposition.
Author's notes This chapter is more of an epilogue chapter than a finale...
Chapter 12 endings and new beginnings.
Time is slipping away for the ShadowVerse, the breaches between the universes are becoming more serious and there have already been a few trans-dimensional interlopers. So far it's only been heroes and anti heroes that have shown up but it's only a matter of time before someone shows up that will destabilize the Shadowverse irrevocably.
I talked to the AOV and Bobby and we've come up with a possible solution.
Bobby and I are going to venture outside the Shadowverse to seal up the gaps and deal with their most dangerous and homicidal villains before they have a chance to disrupt the Shadowverse. It won't stop the Shadowverse from dealing with hostile multiversal travelers forever but our efforts might buy the Shadowverse more time to prepare for the multiversal threat. For example a Thanos from another universe may show up and try and make an offering to his psychotic girlfriend Death with more blood on his hands than the one locked in the Shadow Prison.
The Shadowverse hasn't had to deal with a serious planetary or galactic threat in decades. This will buy the Shadowverse time to train more soldiers in preparation for possible invasion by hostile forces from the other multiverses. My presence here in the Shadowverse isn't necessary as things have been running smoothly under the Shadowverse government for decades but my active participation in the other multiverses may prevent future calamities.
It would also give Bobby and I a chance to have a working holiday/ second honeymoon. Our first one only lasted a week due to our duties to the universes under our supervision. We went to Hawaii. Spent most of the time indoors as the outside reminded me of trying to reclaim a world from Sentinels.
I've made various preparations for our journey.
I've performed basic recon of the other universes in the other multiverses in preparation for my stay using an upgraded Bridge but the future is unclear. My precognition doesn't work past the Shadowverse boundaries so I'm going in mostly blind. It's exciting and terrifying.
I've invented a device to prevent quantum branching once we're in the other Multiverses so as not to exacerbate our problems further.
I've developed some new techniques like the triple threat tendril that incorporates telekinesis, transmutation and teleportation into an unavoidable and unstoppable attack. Invisible tendrils of telekinetic force and transmutation energy is propelled via teleportation to strike a target sliding past any kind of defense and consuming it. I cocoon myself in layers of shielding before using the attack to protect my mind and body from potential reflexive counter attacks or interference. The tendrils are an instantaneous and highly effective attack. I've used it sparingly over the years as I don't want countermeasures developed by those hostile to me.
My cybernetic core has been upgraded repeatedly so that it stores all technical specifications that may be necessary for my trip freeing up space in my organic brain so I can focus on enjoying my life without juggling quantum calculations in my cranium.
Thankfully I will have Bobby with me for support and companionship. It will be nice to get away with him and enjoy ourselves without so much obligation on our time. Instead of dealing with universal, planetary or national delegates we can decide for ourselves how much time to spend dealing with planetary and galactic threats.
We've said our goodbyes and organized our replacements to take over our former roles. Bobby tapped his younger self to replace him and I assigned the younger version of 616 Cyclops to replace me as supervisor of the 3 universes formerly under my supervision.
As such I leave this account of my misadventures for the generations yet to come so they can learn from my journey. I hope this unabridged (with minor edits for clarity) version of my life will help prevent other mutants from making the same disastrous mistakes I made. True wisdom after all is learning from other people's mistakes.
I do expect that Jean junior (Northstar's next gen son) will make some major edits editing out all the sex so that it's suitable for mass production and consumption for the children of Franklin's planet. I always find it funny that history with all its bloodshed is taught to children but sex is still a taboo subject.
Despite my many mistakes I'm still proud of what I've accomplished with the help of my friends, lovers and supporters.
It's been a crazy ride but I'm ready for the next chapter of my life. Hopefully I'll survive it.
Advice for the inevitable future conflicts
Guard your mind as there will be those who try to corrupt it to serve their own interests. Keep learning as information is power and power always comes in handy.
Take care of your body, it is both the vessel for your mind and soul and needs to be kept in shape and ready for conflict.
Don't try and use time travel to solve your problems, it won't really solve the problem, it'll just create an alternate timeline with unpredictable results. Temporal alternate selves are a head fuck and deeply troubling on an existential level. DON'T DO IT!!!
Supplemental information
The next gens were spliced together as part of XRU-me's grand project, forming protomutants that don't require a womb to gestate in. This has been a major boon to the career woman and the LGBT community. The only visible difference between a next gen and a gestated human/mutant/mutate is that they don't have belly buttons.
End Notes
Final chapter, it's a bit open ended but it leaves the door open for Victor and Bobby to have further adventures in time and space. Thanks for coming along for the ride, it's been an experience.