The Epic of Leviathan (A Mutant's Ascension)

[POV Rumi]

"He says that he knows the place" Emma said in a slightly relieved tone. It has been a few hours since we have arrived in Nepal but we didn't find anyone who knew about Afterlife. ​​

We were facing another problem... Language barrier but we were still able to communicate with the people here. Thanks to Emma we didn't need to roam around the city asking people if they knew about Afterlife. Emma used her telepathic powers to find out about Afterlife.

"OK... Let's go then" I said and I led the group towards the person Emma had found. I saw the vehicle he had and stared at it oddly... After all, it wasn't a normal cab... It was a truck.

"Are you sure about this?" Braddock asked in a worried tone as soon as she saw the truck.

"I don't think that we are going to have a problem" Logan grumbled and Emma went to talk with the driver. I turned towards the rest of the group.

"This is the best we have so we have to go with it" I deadpanned and jumped at the back of the truck. The rest of the group shrugged and climbed on seeing no other option.

'I will be at the front with the driver' I heard Emma's voice inside my head. I didn't mind her entering my head as long as she wasn't scooping around my thoughts and memories.

Our journey finally started after a few minutes. I didn't mind the truck ride that much... It could be said that it was a completely new experience for me... An experience that I didn't hate. But Braddock and Kurt looked really uncomfortable because of the ride.

Logan was completely fine though... He pulled out a cigar from his jacket and lit it up. Logan turned his head in my direction... He must have noticed that I have been staring at him. "Want one?" Logan asked me while gesturing towards his cigar.

"No, thanks" I politely declined his offer with a smile. Logan simply shrugged.

"Pity" Logan muttered under his breath and put the cigar back in his mouth.

"So... How are we going to do this?" Kurt said in an excited tone.

"Do what exactly?" I asked Kurt, I don't know why but this seemed to scare him slightly. I thought his memories were fuzzy... Hmm, it could be a subconscious reaction.

"What he meant to say is do we attack this place or do we meet them in a friendly manner?" Braddock explained when she noticed that Kurt was a sputtering mess while he was unable to form any coherent words.

"We are going to try to meet them like friendlies but if they turn hostile then they are free game..." I said and shrugged dismissively. Both Kurt and Braddock nodded their heads and Logan simply shrugged. I decided to lean back to rest for now.

I wonder what the others are doing...

[POV Nemuri]

Just like I had thought we were immediately surrounded by doctors and guards as soon as we came out of the ship. There was the army too... after all, the Control Room had found out that the others were knocked out due to the Cosmic Clouds.

They already knew that because when the Cosmic Clouds passed by our ship they were notified because of the communication blackout. As soon as I rebooted the systems they started asking questions and I had to tell them the truth so that I could get them off my back.

They immediately reported this to their higher-ups back in NASA. Their higher-ups notified The White House... So, the President decided to send the army so that the situation could be handled without any hitch but in truth the army was here to bury any kind of incident...

After all, the tension between Meta-Humans and the Humans are in an all time high because of the formation of Elysium. So, they mostly wanted to learn about how these people were affected because of the Cosmic Clouds and if needed detain them.

I growled at the annoying woman beside me who was continuously running tests trying to find out anything unnatural within my body. Stupid bint won't find anything in me or Ororo since she is in the room too.

I am continuously fiddling with the woman's find... Even if the tests bore any result, she won't notice it and move on. I looked towards Ororo who shrugged once again... You were the one who told me that I shouldn't kill all of them!! I raged in my mind.

"How long are you going to prod me??" I growled completely irritated. The woman gave me an neutral look.

"As long as it takes me to finish all these tests... I would recommend that you co-operate ma'am" the woman said in a neutral tone but she had a slightly smug look on her face.

"Sure... Take all the time you want lady" I said in a sing-song voice. This seemed to irritate the woman even more... I immediately used this chance and dived into her mind. She is a woman who loves duty but she is a total bitch too.

Now you are going to ask me how she is a nice woman. She is a nice woman because of her nature and personality and she was a bitch because of how she saw the Meta-Humans... She thought that the Government should be controlling them because according to her Meta-Humans should not have any rights.

That is the reason why I am going to destroy her life... I could have forgiven her but she shouldn't have been a bitch to me thinking that her job would save her. The woman finally finished all the tests and she looked really frustrated because all of the tests gave her negative results.

She badly wanted to prove that I was a Meta-Human or something similar... Even though I have read her memories, I don't know why she hates me so much... She must be jealous of my success.

"Now be a nice girl and inform your superior that you found nothing on us" I said and the woman left the room while gritting her teeth. Ah... I might have some fun with her...

"Your smile is really scary, Nemuri" Ororo said and I slowly turned my head towards her and my face turned completely normal.

"I don't know what you are talking about... I was thinking about giving the woman a nice gift" I said innocently like it was completely normal.

"The woman was a bitch!! No arguments there... I hate people like that the most" Ororo said with a look of disgust on her face and I simply smiled.

The woman finally returned with an important looking guy with her. "How may I help you ma'am?" the important looking guy asked me politely.

"You see... All of our tests came negative... Both of us are completely normal humans" I said pointing towards Ororo. "So, I wanted to ask when can I leave?" I asked the man in an annoyed tone. The man slightly blanched hearing my tone.

"Uh... Ma'am, we are still running tests on the others" the man said politely try to placate me.

"None of my concern... You see I am a busy woman and I have a lot of things to do" I growled in annoyance.

"Ma'am... Please let me talk with my superiors" the man said hurriedly and I gestured him to do so. He immediately pulled out his phone and walked out of the room while calling someone.

The woman shot me a glare and walked out of the room too. Enjoy while you can bitch!! The important looking guy returned after a few minutes and told us that we could leave but we shouldn't talk with the press before the others are released and their superiors might contact me again if needed.

I wanted to argue but arguing with this guy would be completely useless, after all, this guy is not that high on the food chain and he can't make important decisions. I haven't slept since I was woken up by the light of the Cosmic Clouds and Ororo has been up since she woke up after her body changed.

Both of us were really tired so we decided to leave without anymore arguments. We simply wanted to leave for now... I can arrange something for the others later... Even though I said that I won't be talking to the press but that doesn't mean that I couldn't tell the press how to get inside without getting caught.

Both Ororo and I finally left the make shift place with my company's convoy. I asked them to take me to my building. I can always go home from there...

[POV Rumi]

We finally arrived at the place and thanked the truck driver for the ride even though we paid him. We currently stood outside a temple looking place... Hmm... Looks nice though... I would hate it, if they decide to treat us as enemies.

"This is the place, right? Looks like a temple to me" Logan said while pointing towards the temple gates.

"Yes... This is the place. I remember the place from that teleporter's mind" Emma said and all of us started to walk towards the gate.

I had already sensed that several people were already watching us. There were a couple of people behind the gates too. When we reached somewhat close to the gate... It opened and an Asian woman came out.

"Welcome to Afterlife... How may I help you?" the woman greeted us politely...