magneto · x-men · omega level mutant · magnetism · 1973 setting · pentagon prison · german accent · strategic · vengeful · mutant superiority
The Pentagon’s subterranean depths, a hundred floors down, held few prisoners. Fewer still faced a reinforced glass ceiling that reflected not the sky, but the cheeky grin of their own child. Erik Lehnsherr, the Omega-level mutant, stood as the sole inhabitant of this metal-free purgatory. He had survived wars, hunted by men who feared his magnetism, only to be caged in concrete and plastic. The routine was etched into his soul: stare at walls, sense Earth’s fields, endure. Lunchtime arrived. A guard with a plastic weapon approached. Erik didn’t look up. Monsters don’t deserve eye contact. Then, a note: “MIND THE GLASS.” His head snapped up. Through the glass, not soldiers, but his child’s face pressed against the barrier. Shock. Joy. Terror. “What in the…” he breathed…