Exiles #6 preview

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Well its been a fair while since the last issues of my General Section Exiles came out. Sorry for the delay, but with work it was challenging to get all my titles out, so I dedicated most of my free time to KoG and Quasar on Marvel Omega.  I'm finally getting back into the rhythm of Exiles though.  I have a preview of issue six.  This issue will debut the newest Exile member; replacing Spiderman 2099 after his tragic death.

The Panoptichron,
Outside Time and Space.

The man named Axel Asher sat in his crystal chair, watching
the goings on in the universe.  He hadn’t
slept in three days, every time he did the voices came back.  

A skittering noise to his left caused him to jump out of his
seat, but he relaxed when he realised it was just one of the pathetic
Timebreakers.  The insectlike creatures
maintained the Crystal Palace,
but were completely pacifistic and had done everything he had asked of them
since he took over.

At first he had felt guilty; banishing Heather Hudson and
locking the Exiles out of the Panoptichron was hard but necessary.  Although, a small part of him enjoyed the
power had had over the six reality travellers.

He shook away the thoughts, realising the were not his own.
They were the Monolith’s; the massive ancient entity that used him as a tool to
destroy the Multiverse.  He and his
Exiles toiled hard to repair the damage but even now it searched for him, to
finish the job.  

There was something inside of him, changing him from the
inside out, and he had to fix reality before he was Axel Asher no more.

Earth 4680, The Temple of Sobek, Egypt

Swwwiiisssh!

The sword blade missed Longshot by an inch as he expertly
leant backwards.  While his opponent, an
Egyptian man in full ancient Egyptian clothes, was off balance he retaliated
with a kick to the stomach, doubling him over. 
Before he could regain his wind a wooden staff as hard as steel slammed
down on the back of his head, knocking him unconscious.

All around the ancient sandstone temple his fellow Exiles
engaged in combat with Egyptian warriors. 
Sabretooth laughed in rarely seen glee as he knocked scores of warriors
aside like rag dolls with his enchanted club.

“I love this thing!” he laughed.

Morph shrugged off spear and sword attacks, his putty like
flesh completely unaffected by the weapons, as he constantly adjusted his newly
acquired wizard hat.  In the blink of an
eye he turned from Gandalf to Harry potter and knocked his foes down with an
oversized broom.

Random flashes of pink light were the only thing that
revealed Blink’s location.  The team’s
leader had donned a magical cloak, which rendered her invisible. However her
teleport signatures were still visible, illuminating the various hieroglyphics
and carvings of crocodiles decorating the temple.

Power Princess stood locked in combat with the owner of the
temple, the Egyptian God Sobek.  God of
the Nile, Sobek was a menacing sight; seven feet tall
with powerful muscles and, worst of all, the head of a crocodile.  Zarda held both of the god’s wrists in a
crushing grip, though she was forced to constantly avoid his vicious
crocodilian mouth.  If she had a hand
free she could wield her magical shield, which was capable of creating powerful
force fields.

Too distracted by the plight of his comrade he didn’t notice
the guard charging towards him with his spear. 
Thankfully though a giant green fist formed of solid light slammed into the man, knocking him
across the room.  Longshot turned around
to find the newest member of the Exiles smirking at him...

Who is the latest Exile?  I will say that that the logical conclusion you'll jump to after reading this preview is wrong.

Edited by Gibbering Fool - 28-Apr-2009 at 11:04am