[Matthew Lim]

Regime of the Rouge
By KissTheManiac

This story takes place during the X-Men's Age of Apocalypse.

In this alternate of alternate universe, Scarlet Witch doesn't die. During the attack on Wungadore Mountain she is saved by her brother Piotr, also known as Quicksilver, who severly injured his legs. Losing the usage of the limbs that his powers depend upon, he stays as a support personel.

In a suprise move, Apocalypse makes a head-on attack on the Xavier mansion. Apocalypse's son, Nemesis, leads a group consisting of the the four horsemen and the largest groups of prelates that attacks the X-Men. Magneto and the X-Men Alpha, unprepared for the attack, fight the best they can. In the battle, the X-Men lose Magneto their trusted leader. Barely escaping with their lives, the X-Men Alpha try to gather a plan. Rouge, losing faith in her companions, decides to defect to the apparantly winning team. Jean Grey takes the role as leader and attempts too find a way to take stand against Apocalypse and his forces. When Nemesis's forces finally leave the mansion, Jean and the X-Men seach the mansion for anything that they could possibly use to their advantage. Jean finds schematics to the unfinished Cerebro that Magneto and Xavier were working on before Xavier's timely death. In a favorable mistake, Jean wired Cerebro to alter her telepathy to trace sources of energy. Jean manages to find an extremely strong source in Asia. This source was the Ruby of Cyttorak, the gem that would have given Cain Marko the power of the Juggernaut. Rouge, during that time had become Apocalypse's successor. She quickly climbed the ranks, first completly absorbing Autumn Rolfson's power becoming the new Famine of the four Horsemen, then overthrowing Nemesis, proving that she was a much more powerful mutant and earning her way to the highest rank. She was carefully watching the activity of her former team. Seeing that the X-Men Alpha was making a course to Asia, she ordered a secret group of prelates to follow them and hold them back at their destination while she makes her way there. Upon crossing paths with the X-Men she manages to beat them into the temple of Cyttorak. Finding what the X-Men had been looking for but unaware of what she  was about to possess, Rouge takes the ruby. About to head out, she notices some inscriptions on an idol she once wasn't able to understand. The incantation unlocked the power of the Ruby and became a female Juggernaut.

With the Helmet of Cyttorak extending her telepathy into the realms of time and space her mind was able to travel to every corner of the universe. Her infinite knowledge was able to comprehend not only the powers she was granted but also the importance of the emerald shard she possesed. Long ago before the world came to exist, the powerful diety Cyttorak was unable to contain his limitless powers. With the creation of earth, Cyttorak extracted his power into nine powerful gems and spread them across the earth. The energy of these gems, spawned the creation of humans. The gems themselves were destined to be in the possestion of some fortunate human. Each gem granted a power of Cyttorak to the possesor. Regime's gem granted her Cyttorak's strength, while Jean's gem granted her Cyttorak's knowledge. The power of the other gems prevented Jean's telepathy from tapping into the history of each of them and exactly what they granted, but she did know that the shards of the emerald were somehow the most important and once brought together would grant it's possesor a power that would make Cyttorak himself tremble in fear. Not only that, her telepathy was able to trace the energy sources of the gem. At the same time, she discovered that a group of several prelates were right outside the temple, ready to ambush her. Although the power of the ruby prevented her from tapping into Regime's mind let alone find her, she deduced that Regime was able to track her through the powers of the emerald shard, which she concluded to be the heart of the six gems. She needed to devise a strategy with her team to gain possesion of the remaining three gems and to recover the emerald shards. With her limitless power of the mind, she easily tapped into the minds of her would be assailants and converted their loyalty to serve the purpose of the X-Men. Regime, feeling the loss of her servants decided to take the plan of her opposition and regroup and strategize. The Age of Apocalypse had ended, and now dawned the era of the Cyttorak wars.

[Max]

Great update!! The drawings gives at the story a great touch. Thank you so much for writting and picturing the story.

Hope there are more chapters.

Max

[Matthew Lim]

Update: Added in the shaded version of Regime.

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