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Steve Rogers POV (Shield helicarrier)
Steve: Fury why was Hydra present in Bailya and why were they defending Julian Black! He's already practically a part of the Avengers.
Tony: I'm going to agree with the boy scout on this it makes no sense. Are you certain that they weren't there for anything else?
Fury: They were there to aid Julian they didn't engage in conflict with anyone except the the various groups that came to kill Julian. They ignored the possibility of capturing mutants which was outside of their usual priorities. They only backed off after they confirmed that the assassins stopped attacking. This was confirmed by agent Romanoff herself.
Fury began to inform us about the other groups defending Julian and to say I was surprised would be an understatement. The Brotherhood of Mutants was understandable considering Julian's views on mutants and his own natural abilities but the League of shadows? They were ancient order from the alternate reality and usually didn't involve themselves so blantonly like they had. I hate to admit it but I am starting to question Julian's loyalties even though up until now he has never given me a reason.
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Victor Stone aka Cyborg (Titan Tower)
The Justice League told us to back off anything relating to Julian much to our outright refusal. We were supposed to be their equals but instead they chose to sideline us. The cost of their own decision was the country of Qurac a country that the Titans had saved from Queen Bee in the past. Now Bailya has invaded under the guise of restoring order and many are left dead. We wanted to do something but the Shield already contacted us and the Justice League and warned us to stay out of it. I wanted to do something but I couldn't I was powerless.
Djinn had it the worst she wouldn't turn off the news on more than one occasion we tried to distract her but she wouldn't budge. Wonder girl had to use her lasso to physically remove her and pull her away. Djinn had roamed the entire region long ago and felt attached to the people there. She even admitted that for the first time she resented being a Titan as that was why she couldn't do anything while people were dying. I hate to admit it but I believe that she is right.
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MC'S POV (private plane over the Atlantic)
Leaving Bailya was for the best at the moment Queen Bee was too busy to see us off and I already created a strong enough bond with her. Medusa remained with us as she couldn't leave us without attracting too much attention which was against what Inhumans wanted. With no better options and not wanting to reveal their teleporter she just followed us. She even admitted that she was using the opportunity to see my capabilities as I seemed to develop more at an inconsistent pace.
Natasha unknowingly nodded along after pointed out that little bit of overlooked knowledge. Fortunately for me I developed an easy counter strategy for why new stuff magic, new knowledge magic and stuff you can't explain magic. I just changed magic with the warp and I kept things vague claiming it be a literal ocean of chaos so it became an easy fallback explanation. Even if they wanted a more concrete answer it would be impossible to provide and impossible to deny. The fact that the convergence occurred proved that there was a strong possibility of it being true.
I was abruptly pulled from my musings as the plane suddenly stopped mid air putting everyone on high alert. We weren't falling meaning something was supporting us in the air. The plane began to slowly descend I looked to Jean but she seemed confused so it clearly couldn't be her. The pilots came into the cabin looking at me for answer but I remained calm advising everyone to relax.
"It's clear that someone wanted to have a chat but couldn't do so through the regular channels either that or they have a flair for dramatic entrances"
Natasha: Highly probable. I tried calling Shield but can't get through
We weren't left guessing much longer as soon as we got closer to the water we saw an unmarked island. On the beach of said island was none other than the master of magnetism himself Magento. The plane door opened on its own and instead of cowering I took point and walked out to face him wearing a bored expression.
Magneto: I am sorry for rudely snatching your plane mid flight but I felt we had much to talk about and so I had this small island created so as not to leave your plane in the ocean.