ULTRA ROGUE - THE PROLOGUE
'SLEAZEWORLD'. THE PRESENT.
"Look! Up in the atmosphere!"
"It's a Shi'ar!"
"It's a starship...!"
"No-- it's ULTRA ROGUE! Flee, my kin, fleeeeeeaaaaAAAAIIIIIIEEEEGH!"
The sky itself burns a crimson red as a stellar heat consumes and vaporizes the group of Brood warriors. A smoking landscape then no sooner graced by a quip, delivered in an unmistakable Southern accent.
"There is just something about deep fryin' that always warms this girl's heart a li'l bit."
ULTRA ROGUE has entered the fray-- turning the tide of a fierce battle between the diabolical parasitic alien BROOD and the champions of the Virgo Supercluster, the UNCANNY X-LEGION. The fate of the peaceful ACANTI hangs in the balance, moreso now than ever, with the BROOD QUEEN forced to reveal herself in a desperate gamble for spacefaring supremacy!
Two of Rogue's teammates recover, uncovering their eyes from the powerful and blinding display.
"Bozhe Moi! Katherine, are you--?!"
"I'm fine, phased just in the nick of time! Good thing these Sleazoids don't share my mutant power..."
A harried and angered voice comes over the team's communicators.
"Ultra Rogue!! How many times have I told you exercise restraint with your Flash Vision! You could have injured FERROUS and SHADOW GIRL with that blast. Why, one slip just then--!"
Not that her commanding officer could see, and not that she cared if he did, Rogue rolled her eyes and interjected;
"An' how many times do ah have to tell you, MAKER-- y'could have all the tech ingenuity in the 'verse and it ain't enough t'collar me? Ah handled that flank a'Broods, and everybody else can handle the fight planetside, so it's up to me to help the Acanti--"
She adjusted her jacket, flexing and steadying herself before rocketing skyward, her shoulder patch shimmering against the starlight.
"--an' y'all know ah've been mighty close to those space whales!"
But before she can continue her pursuit, she's intercepted by a flash-- what looks like a bolt of lightning!
"NATURE GODDESS! What just happened out there?"
"By the Bright Lady, my love-- it's Rogue-- she has disappeared!"
Originally Posted by
Harbinger
A bolt of lightning! And 14 unique individuals from multiple realities find themselves mysteriously transported to a space station in an undisclosed location. In the main chamber, deep within the Monitor's satellite, the powers have been assembled.
From a platform higher above, Harbinger speaks. "Call me Harbinger. We, myself and my allies, will address why we have brought you here shortly. Please make yourselves at home. By the nature of what we plan to do, you will be here for a lengthy period of time. Call my name, and I will address any questions you have about this place, or each other."
Ultra Rogue takes in her surroundings, one Hyper-Sense at a time. There was ambient cosmic energy here. It felt... different. Wherever she was, it wasn't anything like home.
"Ah'm no stranger to space, an' unfortunately no stranger to the occasional kidnapping by people I ain't nevah met before, but would it kill ya'll to ask 'please' just once?"
She shrugged her shoulders. Might as well get hip to the program. Harbinger said there'd be answers soon enough.