Shadow Riders Omniversal Journey

Chapter 71

"So we can all agree that going after Cains kids is a bad idea," said Dane.

"Don't you mean kid?" asked Richard Parker.

"Oh please by the end of this journey Cain will have attracted those four moms to him, and adopted their daughters as his own," said Dane.

"He's honestly kind of right," said Nico.

"Cain doesn't intentionally do anything, he just kind of has this aura around him that makes women want to be around him, and that makes kids see him as a decent father figure," said Wanda.

"I can see it honestly," said Mary Parker as she and Roxanne Simpson-Blaze doted on their adopted granddaughter Mary.

On Remnant Cain stood by the door of the transport they were on, "so why did we end up on here anyway?" asked Qrow.

"To see Ironwood," said Cain.

"How'd you beat that guy back there?" asked Yang.

"I activated the mutant abilities I copied from a mutant named Domino, in our world she has probability manipulation, she can give herself good luck, and her opponents bad luck, I met her when I worked with the X-Men, she was an assassin mostly, could shoot the wings off a butterfly from a kilometer away, my own mutant powers intuitive empathic mimicry allow me to copy the powers of other mutants," said Cain.

"I can turn the abilities off and on at will just by focusing on the person who's power I want to use, I focus on Ororo I can summon powerful storms, I focus on Magneto, I control magnetism, so on and on," said Cain.

"Why not always have it on?" asked Qrow, who's semblance was similar only he caused misfortune to everyone around him.

"It takes focus, and mental energy to continue to use those powers, I need to focus on the original source of those powers normally not a problem, but in the heat of battle against other opponents, holding onto that focus can get difficult, I'd need to focus on Domino and only Domino if I wanted to maintain a the same probability field she does," said Cain.

"So you can't use more than one power at a time?" asked Blake.

"I didn't say that, I just said I have to focus, I can sometimes split my focus and focus on two sources of two different abilities, I've done it before, but, it's difficult, it's easier to switch between one focus to the other, focus on storm and shoot a bolt of lighting, focus on Magneto throw a large piece of metal, it's hard to focus on both of them and perform both feats simultaneously," said Cain.

The ship landed and the bay doors opened, Cain and the others walked out, "so this is a huntsmen academy," Cain said.

"Yep, though I'm gonna be honest, Beacon was a lot warmer," said Roxy.

The group walked into the academy and were lead to an elevator.

"Dad, what are we going to say to Ironwood?" asked Roxy.

"Depends on the impression he makes, if I think he can be trusted I'll speak plainly with him, if not, well we'll keep him on a need to know basis," said Cain.

"What do you think so far?" asked Willow.

"So far, I think he's a man who's trying hard, his best even, but is surrounded on all sides by possible enemies, and is just trying to reestablish so form of normalcy in someway," said Cain

They were lead down a hall to Ironwoods office, and Cain finally met the man himself.

"Cain Blaze I presume, please all of you come in," said James and Cain followed him in.